Last year I made a short video titled The Japanese Beetle Trap, in which I modified an ordinary japanese beetle trap to allow it to capture an exponentially larger amount of beetles. The results were amusing, disgusting, and informative. Well beetle season is almost upon us again so I thought it would be a good time to share the video on here. It's the first and only video I've ever done and the quality is pretty poor but people seem to like it so far.
I've been thinking about making a higher quality trap that could hold far more than this one did but I don't know if I'll get the time before the beetles really show up. I have been itching to do more videos though so who knows.
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If the Japanese beetle trap uses pheromones to attract beetles, the downside is tha you are attracting more beetles than would otherwise come to your yard, so be sure to place the trap at a distance from your garden.
The upside is that you are ridding the world of huge numbers of beetles. Hallelujah!
A word of advice: DON'T burn them. It will stink like burning flesh. (Ugh!) If the beetles are still alive, you can drown them in a bucket of soapy water. You can even mash them up and add water to make a beetle repellent solution to spray on your plants. The beetles will be repelled by the smell of their dead comreades.
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Yeah I totally learned my lesson about trap placement last year. The problem is that if I move it further from our house, I'll be moving it closer to a farmer's crops.
My sister complained to me that she has more beetles this year at her house since I don't have a trap set up. She lives a 1/4 of a mile away and could see a big difference in beetle numbers!
Thanks for the tips. I didn't know you could use dead beetles as a repellant. Not sure I have the stomach for beetle squishing though.
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