Hello Everyone,
We need your help (all volunteers) with the onslaught of flying Japanese beetles (often in pairs) on the raspberry bushes/brambles. These little creatures are munching holes(and mating) in the leaves.
Please flick/catch/drop these little critters into the soap water containers that are now located on the ground in front of the raspberry brambles in the Peter Garden. They don't bite, but they are a bit fast. If everyone checks on their assigned day and puts as many of them in the soapy water as possible we may break the cycle of them informing others beetles in the area. There is also a second clear lidless container with soapy water (drying us) and bodies that can be replenished from the white lidded one and placed directly under leaves for you to flick them into it.
I know an odd, maybe uncomfortable request. Ann Marie and I delivered a couple dozen to a watery grave today.
On a positive note lots of flying beneficial insects are pollinating native plants in the gardens. They are generally harmless except the bumble bees that need to be directly provoked to be problematic. Please enjoy their activity which is good for the new vegetable blossoms, too.
Thank you for helping with pest control,
Erich
734.771.8511
We need your help (all volunteers) with the onslaught of flying Japanese beetles (often in pairs) on the raspberry bushes/brambles. These little creatures are munching holes(and mating) in the leaves.
Please flick/catch/drop these little critters into the soap water containers that are now located on the ground in front of the raspberry brambles in the Peter Garden. They don't bite, but they are a bit fast. If everyone checks on their assigned day and puts as many of them in the soapy water as possible we may break the cycle of them informing others beetles in the area. There is also a second clear lidless container with soapy water (drying us) and bodies that can be replenished from the white lidded one and placed directly under leaves for you to flick them into it.
I know an odd, maybe uncomfortable request. Ann Marie and I delivered a couple dozen to a watery grave today.
On a positive note lots of flying beneficial insects are pollinating native plants in the gardens. They are generally harmless except the bumble bees that need to be directly provoked to be problematic. Please enjoy their activity which is good for the new vegetable blossoms, too.
Thank you for helping with pest control,
Erich
734.771.8511
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