When we were younger, my wife and I would take coffee cans, half filled with
soap suds, and pick the beetles and throw them in the cans. I've flushed
50-100 at a time into the local sewer system. That is the only way I know
to cope with them.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Braun" <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Destructive Pest, the Japanese Beetle
> They are shiny and kind of cool-looking, as long as they're in somebody
> else's yard. When they're in my yard, they are tiny little metallic
> terrorists.
>
> The photo is very nice, though.
>
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Jim Nichols
> <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Thanks for looking, Paul.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Paul Braun" <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 12:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Destructive Pest, the Japanese Beetle
>>
>>
>> > Yeah, we've got them this year again as well. I've had years where
>> > they
>> > stripped everything in our courtyard.
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Jim Nichols
>> > <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>> >
>> >> Along with the beauties to be found in our yards and gardens, there
>> >> are
>> >> also pests. In our area, the Japanese Beetle is near the top of the
>> >> list.
>> >> Though they aren't swarming this year, there are enough of them
>> >> around
>> >> to
>> >> take their toll on the Rose of Sharon blooms and even, as seen in this
>> >> image, the Butterfly Bush.
>> >>
>> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Japanese+Beetle_001.jpg.html
>> >>
>> >> E-1 with ZD 35/3.5 Macro
>> >>
>>
>
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