June bugs and Japanese beetles are similar in what they eat and the damage they can do to grass and plants, but the june bug is nocturnal and the Japanese beetle does most of its feeding during the day. They are not the same insect.
Good point! I probably should have made that distinction. Down here in GA we just call them June bugs no matter what lol. But yes, I’m referring to Japanese beetles. Thank you for the heads up too!
There's also Asiatic Garden Beetle that accompanies June beetle at nights. Harder to collect, 'cause they don't cling to leaves when threatened unlike June bugs. and about 1/2-2/3 the size of a June beetle. Just as destructive as all mentioned and no traps for them. Have to use good ole plastic jar with soapy water and a toy scoop at nights. Or insect netting of fruit bushes/trees.
@@ryandelk04 I was getting ready to make the same comment. In my experience Japanese beetles are much worse than June bugs. The issue with calling them all the same thing can be that people will mistakenly kill off a beetle which is native to their region and is an important part of the food chain, whereas the Japanese beetle is an invasive species causing significant damage to the ecosystem.
@Parents_of_Twins I put two traps and go thousands of jb. Drop them in the toilet and had trouble flushing them. I don't see how some people feed the chickens because as soon as you take them out of the bag, they fly, and if you add little of sevin to the bag, the chickens die.
To trim your knockout roses, trim any stems growing towards the center of the plant, and trim any stems off that are smaller than a pencil width, and trim 1/2 of anything off that has two stems side-by-side that make a V off of a main stem. You want to thin it out especially in the center, and prune it down in late fall to about a foot to 18” tall. Feed with fish fertilizer in the spring, or apply a systemic fertilizer and insecticide liquid mix watered in. Or you could spray with liquid Sevin on the roses leaves over and under. From what I understand diatomaceous earth will also kill bugs and maybe grubs, if you apply it generously to your lawn or leaves of plants. But the rain can wash it off! I’ve heard of people using baking soda to do the same thing that diatomaceous earth does, though. It’s about what that powdery substance does, when it gets on the joints and membranes of the bugs that causes eventual death, after they come in contact with it.
Great vid! I have never used the traps but looks like they work well! I just went outside with Sevin Dust and put that all over my plants, dang june bugs!
They do work great, i use them every year! Nice lawn. I was searching for June bugs not Japanese Beetles...same family i think but they are different. June bugs are tearing up my apple trees!
The Japanese Beetle is metallic green with copper colored wings and has tufts of small white hairs along the sides of its body. The Green June Beetle, or June bug, is iridescent green. The European Chafer is a shiny brown color, and is bit more round shaped than the others. I have boat-loads of the The European Chafer, I wonder if these traps work the same for them?
I have a a big infestation of Asian beetles on my property where I grow numerous flowers, fruit trees, and bushes that they feed on. You cannot get rid of these beetles. You "manage" them. Any poison you spray on your plants is guaranteed to have a negative effect on the bees who are also landing on, feeding on, and carrying the poison back from your plants to their hives--not to mention butterflies and other pollinators that we love. Please, just don't spray, period. The bag-traps that you hang from branches likely will not kill bees; however, by using them, you are very likely to attract beetles from other places. The best way I have found to manage Asian beetles is to go out two to three times a day with a wide-mouthed pot of water with a good squeeze of soap in it. Go around to your plants and knock or shake the beetles into the pot where they will drown, or pick them off the plants and drop them in. You can kill a tens- to hundreds of them each time you do this, and by being diligent, you can greatly decrease the damage done to your flowers and crops. But yes, it takes constant attention. If you are a gardener this will be important to you. Asian beetles do not bite or sting. They are fairly dumb compared to other insects. Asian beetles and june bugs are not the same thing. I have had june bugs on my property for all of the 18 years I have lived here and they have never caused crop or plant damage, so please don't run around trying to kill june bugs.
I appreciate the information and I definitely only have the Japanese Beetles around my house not the June bugs that I misspoke about. I appreciate your input and I’m definitely open to learning. Thank you
We buy the bags every year. And although there’s many bugs that fly into them, it still doesn’t stop them from eating my plants. Right now my rose bushes look awful. They destroy everything. I wish there was truly a way to repel them darn things. Nothing seems to work.
Make sure you place the bag away from your bushes, my bag did a great job this year. Last year was a struggle though. Alway apply grub prevention to help break the cycle. They are awful!
Aka means also known as. They are 2 different bugs. Not the same . June bugs are native to the U.S. Japanese beetles were accidentally introduced to the U.S. in 1916
Traps do work. I'm careful in the food garden but explode Sevin dust on Rose's! Really just dust them. Lol Also use a systematic on soil around rose bushes. You do it your way...
My experience with these traps is they over attract them to the trap. Not all of them make it to the bag. I had to replace my whole from yard bc of grubs. I cut and removed all of my rose bushes. I had to grub treat my lawn ever year for ten years to stop them.
First things June bugs are not the same as Japanese beetles June bugs have absolutely no white on them, and they can grow as big as the palm of my hand. How do I know that? Because I found one in my house one time out in the country and it was almost the size of the palm of my hand. My husband had to get a coffee can to get it removed!
Hi Ryandelk04. I decided to use bag traps and wanted to share what I am learning. Long message about using bag traps for Japanese beetles. Is it a good idea to use bag traps? Using bag traps allows you to specifically trap Japanese beetles without harming other insects, such as bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. In comparison to using sprays on the plants or the ground, I would say bag traps are better in that sprays will indiscriminately kill or poison everything (including earthworms under the ground), and a bag trap will not. If you use bag traps you will attract Japanese beetles from other places besides your yard/garden. This might be a good idea. If all of us start using traps on a wide scale, it may actually help reduce population. (Probably also drive up prices for traps.) Where to place bag traps. Since traps will attract beetles from other places, don’t hang them directly by plants you wish to protect. Directions on my traps say hang traps 30 feet downwind. That’s a good idea. My tips on how to use bag traps Put some kind of weight in the bottom of the bag, like a couple of stones that fit into the palm of your hand. Choose something that you have an abundance of and that you can replace because you probably will not use the same stones twice. My traps said to change the bag after 5 days. My advice is if your bags are two inches deep with beetles within a day or two, don’t wait three more days. The trapped beetles begin to stink terrible in the bag and will deter other beetles from entering the trap. Traps only trap beetles. They don’t actually kill them all. So a good question is what to do with the beetles in the bag? Burning them might be a good idea, but it may not be feasible for you to start a fire every time you empty a bag. You will probably decide against tying the bag shut and throwing them in the trash because of the awful stench and because you will want to reuse the bags. The lure actually lasts quite awhile, so reusing bags is a good idea. A neighbor told me she buried them. I would advise against this. If you research the life cycle of the Japanese beetle, you will learn that they actually emerge from the ground as adult beetles. So any live beetle you bury in the ground will crawl back out. I buried the first batch I caught. I went back to check the place I buried them, and within two days the spot where I buried them was crawling with beetles. I would advise against tying the bag shut and burying the bag. The beetles will die, yes, but the plastic will not break down under the ground and how many bags do you want to have buried in the ground? What I am doing at this time is emptying bags into a five gallon bucket of dish-soapy water. It is easy to drown these beetles. Once they are all dead, then I would say bury them. Reusing bags Brace yourself. This is a gross job! Put on some gloves, or at least wash yourself really well after handling bags. The bags REALLY stink and they contain both live and dead beetles. They will attract flies like any dead thing will. I empty the bags into my 5-gal bucket outside and rinse the bags with the hose outside. I would never bring these things into my house and wash them in the sink. You’ll see what I mean if you decide to use traps. It’s not perfect If you have a lot of plants in your garden that attract beetles, you are still going to have beetles on your plants, trees, and bushes, even if you use the traps. I am trapping copious numbers of beetles in my traps, but I still have to go out a couple times a day and hand pick them off my plants. The truth is, you cannot kill Japanese beetles with sprays unless you are also willing to kill other beneficial insects, pollinators and worms along with them! And even if you choose to sacrifice their lives, you are still going to have beetles again because they are everywhere. So I would say, at least try not to kill everything else while you are killing beetles. Good luck.
I am crying now there are a lot of asiatic garden beetles have been eating my plants at night. I have no ideas to get rid of them as they live in the soil :( Help please!
They are. NOT same big. June bugs can be trapped at night with a porch light and Japanese beetle are out during the day and attack our orchard we set out different traps for them
In the description I corrected this about a year ago; but yes, you are correct! A lot of us in the south call them the same name. I do appreciate the info though and will be updating this video in the future.
You definitely want to set them about 20-30’ away from your plants. I ended putting mine about 10’ but it definitely got them away from the rose bushes. Thanks for watching!!
Make sure to place them away from your flowers or you’ll attract them in. The best method is to kill and prevent the grubs before they mature. Those beetles are horrible though. I’ve had entire trees full of them in the past!
Just built a cabin walked outside to the car and heard a buzz. Almost sounded like electric wires. Then the little weird bastard's were running into me . Lol how do you eradicate on a large scale.
Ok to trim a rose bush. After the bud is brown wilted and done snip it off but the trick is where to snip. From the dead bud go backwards down the stem to the first leaf bundle that has FIVE leaves on it. This is easy see and to do after a little practice.. Then snip it just above the five leaves. There may be 2, 3 and 4 leaf configurations as you go down to one that has 5. Grandpa was a rose bush pruner from Canada. Also cut out all the dead and also prune the suckers.
Thanks for that info Ken!! I’ve caught a lot of those Japanese beetles with those traps, you could try multiple bags?! Then grub control to stop the cycle!
Dumb question.... What do you do to get rid of the captured June Bugs? I seen a lot of ppl feed them to the chickens however I don’t have a farm... 😂😂😂
Yes they work quick! They started flying to the spot where I opened the package in my yard even! Make sure you put it far enough away to not attract them to your plants.
I’m sorry, I’m having some RU-vid issues with a couple of my videos with the music doing that. I thought I fixed them all but obviously overlooked this one. Thanks for the heads up.
These bags don’t hurt bees 🐝 and I’m just a regular guy sharing as I learn. We always call them June bugs in GA but I realize June bugs are the big green one. I am mainly about keeping green lawns but this definitely helped my “June bug” issue.
