Every year, I try to remember to document the day when I find the first Japanese Beetle in my garden. For 2016, that day is today.
This is a portrait of the nasty bugger, taken right before I squished it.
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21 hours ago
UGH!!
ReplyDeleteUgh, is right. The Biblical plague of locusts was probably Japanese Beetles.
DeleteI've never seen one before ... for such a horrible insect, they're actually quite pretty. Good you squished him though. ;)
ReplyDeleteI have thought the same thing.
DeleteGuess it's time for the suds and bucket! (at least I think that's what I remember you saying)
ReplyDeleteYou remember well! I imagine that I will have to get to it with my Bucket of Death some time next week.
DeleteSquishing can be a very good thing. haha
ReplyDeleteI try keep to my 'live and let live' policy, but I can't do that with Japanese Beetles. Since nothing has evolved to prey on them, that has to be my job.
DeleteOh, they are nasty demons, aren't they? DREAD seeing even one in the yard. ugh!!
ReplyDeleteNasty demons is right! Eat, breed, eat, breed, over and over, in plague-like proportions. My Bucket of Death is a great way to deal with the problem in the garden, and my anger at the damage they cause. Die, you nasty buggers, die!
DeleteAnd the holes already in that rose! The little fink! Haven't seen any yet here this year....waiting.
ReplyDeleteThis one wasn't eating yet, it was tucked into that flower. I think the hole was caused by something that bit the bud before it opened.
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