Japanese beetles?

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Originally Posted by shilala

Absolutely. Get a couple of those Japanese beetle bug bags and set them up in the neighbor's yard. Or at least as far away from your plants as you can.
They LOVE cherry trees and asparagus. I used to grow asparagus just so it's draw them in and I could kill them.
David, so you know, it only takes a third of what the label says for Sevin to kill those things. It takes about ten minutes for them to die once you hit them with it.
Sevin doesn't last but for hours on plants. The active ingredient wafts off in the air in no time. So you really have to hit them with it to kill them.
It's a fun game. Get a good sprayer and have a cigar. They don't have a very long cycle, they'll all be gone in a month or so. Enjoy killing them while you can.

"Neigbors yard!"

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Yes, They are bad this year and were bad last year too. Last year they killed two of my Purple Leaf Plum Trees. I sprayed early this year but they did get two rose bushes before I had a chance to do it but they are recovering well. Probably spray again this week again. The bags work great but I feel like they attract more of them to the yard so I decided to not do the bag thing this year, but by spraying early my Crape Myrtle seems to be doing better this year compared to last year.