I declare war on Japanese beetles. They say don’t place the traps near your house or garden because they will attract them – but I already have squadrons flying around. Shouldn’t I place them near where they are?
I live in the Western North Carolina mountains (WNC Strong!). In ten minutes I already caught about a dozen in three traps. (Also, my lawn is looking pretty good if I do say so myself.)
In general, no, place them up wind of your house or garden. This will attract them to your property line, or better yet your neighbor’s yard…
Professional-Gap6451
Buy some Duraflex insecticide and be done with them.
jjbeo
Neem oil in pump sprayer and go around sniping then, they can’t dodge it
tdvx
These will pull beetles in from your entire neighborhood. Each trap will fill within a week wherever you put it. When you go near one you’ll find them around the trap so you don’t want them on your plants/grass. Put them on your property line it will pull all of them away from the areas you want to protect. These things get gross fast you don’t want one sitting on your lawn.
qdtk
No. Don’t place them where they are. Place them where you want them to travel to, which is away. They will move towards the traps, wherever you put them.
Streifen9
Best place for a Japanese beetle trap is in your neighbors yard. My neighbors use them, I don’t have any beetle issues.
So I assume the “away from your trees” strategy works.
BrickPhD
I live near Raleigh and have one trap out about 40 feet from my garden beds and fruit trees. It’s done a good job and now I only see one or two on any given day, down from several dozen. I think if you have a relatively small population like me, then these traps are pretty effective.
For me they seem specifically attracted to my cherry tree and my basil plants.
Murky_Ad_9408
Only thing I’ve ever had work is malithion
Puzzleheaded_Pipe979
I just went through this with a fly trap. I’d only have a couple flying in my garage, but they just annoy the piss out of me, so I got a trap similar to this, put it on the side of the house and it worked exactly as designed and attracted a million flies to it.
But it also brought the same handful of flies right back into the garage. 😭😭😭
I might try putting the next one on the backside of the house and see how effective it is, but these traps WILL bring the bugs to you.
Grousesquatch
I’ve used these 3 seasons in a row pretty aggressively and have seen a significant decline in the beetles year over year. Now is typically when the battle begins in my region (week before July 4th) I hate the bastards
Wooden_Cry_3053
Get out the tennis racquet!
PsychologyNew8033
As a lawn care professional, whenever we see these in people yards when we are applying preventative grub control, we tell them that our guarantee is null and void if they have these in their yard.
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In general, no, place them up wind of your house or garden. This will attract them to your property line, or better yet your neighbor’s yard…
Buy some Duraflex insecticide and be done with them.
Neem oil in pump sprayer and go around sniping then, they can’t dodge it
These will pull beetles in from your entire neighborhood. Each trap will fill within a week wherever you put it. When you go near one you’ll find them around the trap so you don’t want them on your plants/grass. Put them on your property line it will pull all of them away from the areas you want to protect. These things get gross fast you don’t want one sitting on your lawn.
No. Don’t place them where they are. Place them where you want them to travel to, which is away. They will move towards the traps, wherever you put them.
Best place for a Japanese beetle trap is in your neighbors yard. My neighbors use them, I don’t have any beetle issues.
So I assume the “away from your trees” strategy works.
I live near Raleigh and have one trap out about 40 feet from my garden beds and fruit trees. It’s done a good job and now I only see one or two on any given day, down from several dozen. I think if you have a relatively small population like me, then these traps are pretty effective.
For me they seem specifically attracted to my cherry tree and my basil plants.
Only thing I’ve ever had work is malithion
I just went through this with a fly trap. I’d only have a couple flying in my garage, but they just annoy the piss out of me, so I got a trap similar to this, put it on the side of the house and it worked exactly as designed and attracted a million flies to it.
But it also brought the same handful of flies right back into the garage. 😭😭😭
I might try putting the next one on the backside of the house and see how effective it is, but these traps WILL bring the bugs to you.
I’ve used these 3 seasons in a row pretty aggressively and have seen a significant decline in the beetles year over year. Now is typically when the battle begins in my region (week before July 4th) I hate the bastards
Get out the tennis racquet!
As a lawn care professional, whenever we see these in people yards when we are applying preventative grub control, we tell them that our guarantee is null and void if they have these in their yard.