How do I get rid of Japanese beatles?

Question

Japanese beatles are wrecking my roses, petunias, butterfly bushes and coneflowers. How the heck do I get rid of these wicked little monsters?

Answer 1

As a gardeners, j*p beetles are a pain to deal with. I have read that planting four o clocks (Miribilis jalapa) is a natural j*p beetle trap. The beetles eat the plant and then die. I would NOT suggest using artificial traps because they will attract beeltes from a very long way. They use a bait, that to my knowledge, is basically a mating scent to j*p beetles. My best advice would be to plant four oclocks as a scape goat plant in a corner of the garden and hope for the best. They work for me, but I cannot guarentee that they will work for you as well.

Answer 2

Get a Japanese Beetle trap. The one we had looked like a long mesh fabric tube with bait in the top opening. The beetles fly into the trap to get to the bait (which will attract them from a long way off) and then slide into the tube, where the poor little critters bite the dust. It worked for us, but I have heard others say if you don't have many beetles to begin with, you will notice more in your yard at first, before they fall into the tube (they are attracted from all around your area). They aren't expensive and you can get a trap at virtually any store that sells garden supplies.

Answer 3

I work at a garden shop so i get asked this a lot there are a few way the best is to use a spray called seven it will kill them and any other pest that migh be causeing damage or there are traps made just for them.  

Answer 4

Beetle traps use 2 ways to attract the beetles. 1 is a natural pheremone s*x attractant (the males smell it, are attracted to it, and get trapped). The other is a rose smell, since all j*p. beetles love roses. The trick to using the traps is to lure the beetles AWAY from where they are concentrated, in other words, away from the problem areas you currently have. Place the traps well away from your beetle problem areas. You'll still get beetles on your flowers, spray with a properly mixed Malathion solution for contact kill on the beetles which remain on the flowers. It's a little late for this, but remember - the fat white grubs that you occasionally find chewing on the roots of your grass are Japanese beetle grubs. Using a lawn insecticide which includes treatment of grubs will assist in lowering the adult Japanese beetle population.  

Answer 5

Put in a Yoko Ono bug

Answer 6

From your garden center get Milky Spore and follow directions.

Or

Knock them off plants into a container of warm soapy water. Then flush them.