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On Feb 13, 2007, at 8:32 PM, BRosholdt wrote:
> Barb here in Zone 7a(?), central Virginia  (couldn't prove global  
> warming at my orchard - we just had two weeks with temperatures  
> dipping to the single digits more than twice, and maybe more to  
> come - all with no snow cover whatsoever!)
>
> The real nuisance in my orchard is the Japanese Beetle. . . .

Have you tried milky spore?  Or hormone traps?

I put down milky spore when I moved in.  Most of my neighbors treat  
their lawns for "grubs" with one poison or another.  The result is a  
very manageable number of japanese beetles that don't do much damage.

Years ago my father tried a trap.  The downside is that you attract  
beetles from all around (you really want to talk your neighbor into  
doing this) but he bagged pounds and pounds of beetles with little  
effort.

Ginda