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Hey Chili Man, Back when I started farming I had Japanese beetles too. I bought a few cans of milky spore and seeded it into the turf where I could. Now l hardly see Japanese Beetles, while some folks a few miles away still have plagues of them. It's a long range plan, but pretty sure fire. Milky spore is a fungus that infects the beetle larvae. Once present in the soil the larvae tend to get infected and they die rather than hatch into beetles. This creates more spore and in Japan that's what keeps the beetles in check. There's a few--enough to keep teh fungus alive. But not so many because the balance, once struck, persists. Best, Hugh Visit our website at: www.unionag.org
