Things You'll Need:
- Yellow container
- Dish soap
- Beetle traps containing pheromone lures
- Milky spore
- Catnip, chives, garlic or tansy
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Step 1
Remove any trees or plants that are unhealthy or dead. Beetles love to feed on these.
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Step 2
Remove any ripened fruit from your trees. Pick up and throw away any fruit that may have fallen to the ground.
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Step 3
Set up beetle traps containing pheromone lures between the months of June and August. Place these in the sun and away from gardens.
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Step 4
Fill up a yellow container full of water. Add 2 drops of soap to the water. Beetles are attracted to this.
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Step 5
Apply milky spore, a bacterium, to the yard. This will help kill the beetles and potential beetles. Or place catnip, chives, garlic or tansy around the yard to repel beetles.
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Step 6
Shake plants that attract beetles early in the morning.
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Step 7
Apply insecticides if desired. This needs to be reapplied after rainfall. Spray insecticides need to be reapplied frequently.












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monalandry said
on 8/14/2009 Found this page. Hope it helps