This is sure a weird year. Not that I am
complaining, but it's June 20 and I have seen exactly 2 Jap beetles, only I
think they were both the same one. Typically the first strays appear in
late May to chew the last of the roses. I suppose I'll wake up tomorrow
to find they all came up at once. Maybe the cooler soils in May
slowed them down. Maybe the drought last year reduced the
population. Now that I think of it, the chickens have hardly been
pitched a single Jap grub this year. The June bug grubs have been at
least as thick as ever, maybe
worse.
Could it
be the Milky Spore has finally kicked in? It was off the
market when we bought the place, so about 12 years ago I brought dirt
from where we'd used it 11 years earlier in the TN Valley. I dried
and sieved the dirt and spread it. I wouldn't expect such a
dramatic drop off though. (I figured that some was better than
none.) Weather is the usual cause of extreme fluctuations
in Jap beetle population.
Anyone else missing their
usual generous Japanese beetle crop? Donna
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