Re: PESO - Bloom and Beetle

2015-09-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
Crush them between thumb and forefinger. Better than spraying with insecticides. But we can't let them live. They can out eat us! Paul via phone > On Sep 24, 2015, at 10:11 PM, Knarf wrote: > > Thanks for your thoughts, Dan. > > I do understand how much "evil" they cause. But I can't help bu

Re: PESO - Bloom and Beetle

2015-09-24 Thread Knarf
Thanks for your thoughts, Dan. I do understand how much "evil" they cause. But I can't help but think that the beetles can't be blamed: they didn't ask to be imported to the Americas in a shipment of Japanese iris bulbs. They're just doing what millions if years of evolution "designed" them to

Re: PESO - Bloom and Beetle

2015-09-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Fine image, Frank, but anyone who thinks Japanese beetles are beautiful doesn't understand the ultimate evil they represent. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 6:58 PM, Knarf wrote: > Yes I know, that Japanese Beetle again. But it's not his faul

PESO - Bloom and Beetle

2015-09-20 Thread Knarf
Yes I know, that Japanese Beetle again. But it's not his fault. In Japan they're controlled by predators, here they're not, so they do what millions of years of evolution have designed them to do: eat plants. It's not like they asked to come to the Americas - apparently they arrived with iris