Japanese Beetles

[Les White]

What do you guys use to control japanese beetles? I've been reading reviews on different products and the reviews are all over the place. I understand reviews are meant to be taken with a grain of salt because, well, people.

I'm looking for something low cost that can be mixed for use in a pump sprayer and is safe for roses and some veggies. I get a lot of pleasure burning them with a torch, but it is hard on the plant. 🤪

I trust "The Collective" opinion way way more than random people on the internet - or idiots for short.

 

[wheelgun_man]

Sevin works for me. Here's a link to some concentrate to be used in a pump sprayer. They also sell it in the "ready to go" formulation that you can hook up to the garden hose.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Sevin-1-Quart-Concentrate-Garden-Insect-Killer/5013150217?cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-lwn-_-ggl-_-LIA_LWN_241_Chemicals-_-5013150217-_-local-_-0-_-0&ds_rl=1286981&gclid=CjwKCAjwiJqWBhBdEiwAtESPaP3xEy7Il0tUk1qbpoKpha27wHua4OgqbEZENhgXlwuJ8PiqakzIzxoCpzAQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[BrettB]

What do you guys use to control japanese beetles? I've been reading reviews on different products and the reviews are all over the place. I understand reviews are meant to be taken with a grain of salt because, well, people.

I'm looking for something low cost that can be mixed for use in a pump sprayer and is safe for roses and some veggies. I get a lot of pleasure burning them with a torch, but it is hard on the plant. 🤪

I trust "The Collective" opinion way way more than random people on the internet - or idiots for short.

I’ve used seven dust with decent success. All of it washes away when it rains .

 

[Just Tripp]

Liquid Sevin (carbaryl) works well. Not sure you if it can be purchased without an pesticide applicators license now.

 

[beamernc]

I think the best way is to take care of them before they emerge using milky spore. It supposedly kills the grubs before they become beetles. I need to try this.

I use the traps to catch a lot of them, but they are still eating up my grapevines and cherry trees.

 

[hp468]

We pick them off the bushes/grape vines, toss them into a big Tupperware container half full of water so they can’t fly off. Then set it in the chicken coop.

The chickens love them.

 

[beamernc]

Liquid Sevin (carbaryl) works well. Not sure you if it can be purchased without an pesticide applicators license now.

You can still buy it, no license needed. Lowe's, Home Depot, Amazon, all sell it.

 

[SINNER]

The hanging Japanese beetle traps work amazingly well. I’ve used Sevin for decades but the GFgot some traps and they fill fast. Hang ‘em near the problem area but not TOO near. .. maybe 10-15 feet away. Herb garden was covered in em now none. Smells like a dead body when it gets full though lol.

 

[NCFubar]

It’s not the best for killing but for garden and around animals I like liquid Sevin. It’s offered in a spray app for the end of your garden hose and you can fog everything pretty easy.




IF you ever do hang traps … hang them on the farthest corner of your property (next to your least favorite neighbor’s property) because the sex scent it uses draws every little bastard for at least a mile around.

 

[thrillhill]

We pick them off the bushes/grape vines, toss them into a big Tupperware container half full of water so they can’t fly off. Then set it in the chicken coop.

The chickens love them.

That's exactly what we do. We have a fairly large number of chickens, and they of course crowd us when we come their way with the bowl. We dump em on the ground and it's chicken murder frenzy! They can't fly with their wings wet and I've never seen one get away.

But if you ain't got time for all that, Sevin is the way to go.

 

[Get Off My Lawn]

The hanging Japanese beetle traps work amazingly well. I’ve used Sevin for decades but the GFgot some traps and they fill fast. Hang ‘em near the problem area but not TOO near. .. maybe 10-15 feet away. Herb garden was covered in em now none. Smells like a dead body when it gets full though lol.

I can’t take that smell

 

[Just Tripp]

You can still buy it, no license needed. Lowe's, Home Depot, Amazon, all sell it.

I wonder if they have more than one formulation. Sevin we use on golf courses has always been Carbaryl. I did a quick search on this, and when I zoom in on the bottles of pre-mix stuff from Lowes I see the a.i. Is zeta-cypermethrin. I can’t remember if we’ve used that on turf or what brand it was sold under, but I’ve seen carbaryl get June beetles up to the surface and doing the death twitch in less than an hour.

 

[hp468]

We dump em on the ground and it's chicken murder frenzy!

Ours ain’t that lucky, they get to play bobbing for beetles 🤣

 

[beamernc]

The liquid sevin on Amazon is 43% carbaryl.

 

[MacEntyre]

catch 'em with traps and spray Neem oil on the plants... much less costly!

 

[Hellquest]

We would catch them and go fishing with them. Free bait and easy to get.

 

[The Last Outlaw]

I think the best way is to take care of them before they emerge using milky spore. It supposedly kills the grubs before they become beetles. I need to try this.

I use the traps to catch a lot of them, but they are still eating up my grapevines and cherry trees.

My wife used to use the bag traps to keep them out of her plants, but then she discovered the spores. Did them two years in a row and haven't had any of those damn beetles this year.

 

[cold1]

I use sevin sparingly. I first check to see if there are honey bees feeding off the plants. If I see honey bees, I use traps. If I don't see them I use sevin.

 

[DogFather]

Every weekend when I was a kid my grandfather gave me a peanut butter jar half filled with gas. I got a penny for each beetle I dropped in.

 

[Remshooter]

Going to have to try the traps this year. As usual they are all over my grapevine and it is next to the beehives, so no chemicals. So I usually just pick them off and smash them. But gets old quick.

 

[Leadchunker]

Milky spores and traps away from the house. Dump bag in chicken run. I haven’t had any in years now.

 

[Marturo]

You can buy them both in many places.
We have been using surround for over 20 years with fantastic success.

That's not all we use on our plants, for pest & disease, but when it comes to the Japs eating my Wine grapes we pull out the Surround.

No more wilting plants, many pest like Japanese Beatles don't like white plants with a different feel to their feet.
Why try to poison your way out when you can beat them at their own game?

Surround® WP - 25 lb bag

Surround WP is an effective OMRI listed crop protectant. Made from specially modified Kaolin clay that is registered for agricultural use; forms a barrier that protects from many pests when sprayed on fruits or vegetables. The white barrier not only repels pests, it causes irritation...

www.arbico-organics.com

Use a good sticker to extend the time on plant without washing off with rain.

Hi-Yield 31062 Spreader Sticker Concentrate 16 oz (Pint) 732221310629 | eBay

Hi-Yield Spreader Sticker makes almost all chemicals more effective by breaking down the surface tension of water. This breakdown causes water to disperse, giving complete and total coverage on surfaces.

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[Chdamn]

We used pheromone traps and they worked really well. Use to skeeve me out to switch the bags.

Just a crap load of beetles all squirming on top of one another in a hot bag orgy.

 

[Les White]

The Seven concentrate mixed up in a pressure sprayer did a fantastic job of wiping out the infestation on the rose bush, now I just spot treat as necessary. We also got a couple of the spectricide bag-a-bug traps. I've had to switch out the bags every day since hanging it. Per the interwebs the traps hold about 4000 beetles, and I'm on bag number 5 and I'm sure I had more than 4000 in each bag, they were full to the top. It's always nice to find a product that works to your expectations, but those traps are more effective that I could have imagined.