Best Japanese Beetle Trap, Get Rid of Japanese Beetles
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- The Best Japanese Beetle Trap design and in the end, cheaper than buying replacement bags every time you empty them Product review and demonstration on how to catch and kill Japanese Beetles.
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Japanese Beetle, how to trap and get rid of them. Best beetle traps and methods for disposing of beetles in my opinion.. PART ONE OF TWO
See beetles meet their end/beginning in part TWO. Throwing away plastic bags full of beetles is a huge waste not to mention expensive. This system is more sustainable. Tanglefoot company has been bought out by Contech Inc. there are new versions/components available through them.
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See how I feed my fish with Japanese Beetles Here: ruclips.net/video/YD63_aQ4OVI/видео.html
I've just purchase this beetle trap...Your video was so well done and informative that I've bookmarked it for further reference under gardening...Thank you so much for taking the time to explain how it works and how easy it is to put together...Continued happy and pest free gardening...
My fave and only trap. I love it. Re-usable, durable - so worth it. Thanks for the video!
Gee, am I glad I saw this. Did not know of a trap like Tanglefoot's - I agree, it's a much better choice than the bag kind. THANK YOU for your time on this!
You're very welcome and even ten years later, these are still my favorite traps and we have about 20% the number of beetles we used to, so consistency definitely works through the years.
I don't know if this is a joke question? BUT, I have done that with grasshoppers and locusts... there are many insect recipes out there... I have not tried to incorporate any Japanese Beetles into a food staple for people... but my chickens LOVE them!!! Better than bagging and tossing them in the garbage.
IF people are using pesticides on their property, then virtually every bug there is toxic to birds domestic and wild... Japanese Beetles are not toxic inherently to chickens, my birds have been feeding on them every summer since 2000... many members of my current flock are over six years old. They seem to thrive on them here... toxic bugs generally ingest toxic plants... In the northeast anyway, I think they are safe. Thanks for your comment (">(">
Looks similar to the old Ellisco beetle traps but the Ellisco traps were made of metal in Philadelphia.
Glad you liked it! I'm luckey that I have no garden pests... anything headed in there, must cross the poultry picket line! Every now and then, I do get those worms on a cob of corn, that's about it. When I find that, I just toss the entire cob to the chickens (">
I'm so glad it was helpful... our problem now is that we don't have nay Japanese Beetles to speak of and the chickens can't find any.. possibly worked too well.
NEVER can anything work to well on those little PITA bugs.
Thank you for posting I just checked amazon and they replacement lures are now $l4
crazy
I have been hunting for this trap for a year. I just discovered one on eBay and bought it. Can’t wait to try it out. Can’t stand those beetles they eat up our green beans, this year we are going to be ready for them
Be careful on Ebay, some of those sellers show the entire trap and only sell the lure. Lots of deception. If you get the entire trap with lure, it's a win win... I went round and around with a seller who showed the entire trap, and in fine print is stated "lure only". Feel free to post a link here if it's the entire trap :)
Thanks so much for posting this vid as a response to my JB show... Great info!
You're very welcome, and I hope you're doing well after all these years.
No problem, I absolutely LOVE your videos!
Initially, you will indeed attract more beetles, BUT you are ending their life cycle no matter where they come from... here, we have almost no Japanese Beetles left at all, including on my hybrid tea roses. So, in my opinion, attract away and in the long run, you will win.
I feel the same way. No matter what the experts say, I truly feel that if I control the amount of adults initially, I am indeed controlling the amount of grubs they can and will lay on my property in following years. I use traps.
@@CiaofCleburne You have to go to war with them sooner or later. It helps if your neighbours join you instead of freeloading.
@@robertjanez7467 I am now wondering if they come in cycles because 3 yrs ago, they were horrible, last year I hardly saw any and then this year, they seem to be making a comeback.
Yard supports. Shepherd hooks. Great info
Great video
@busterpiggle the funnel is plastic and too smooth for their tiny hooked feet, they just fall back to the bottom... they are also clumsy fliers, how they survive at all is a miracle....
I paid 9.99 for two bags..
So thanks for the heads up..
You're welcome
Get YOUR own Tanglefoot Japanese Beetle Traps in Erie County, PA at Brown's Hardware just north of Wattsburg on Route 89. He has them in stock. Please support your local small businesses.
I have six Expando traps around my orchard and the beetles are going to them and not my trees. I have to empty all six every two days this time of year since they beging to overflow that quickly. We had a bad year about 4 years ago, and it looks like a repeat cycle this year. (Russell, PA)
If you are consistent every year, you'll see the Japanese Beetles steadily go down, no matter where they are flying in from :) Keep up the good work Alan!
Some folks freeze them and give them as a snack.
Oh and I'm sorry I didn't answer your question regarding how many traps to set... I am successfully controlling the population here (8.5+ acres) with seven traps... those along the woodland edges fill quickest... over the years of continued use, expect a profound decline in the population of beetles... if you have a high population in the beginning, more traps may be warranted. Don't worry about drawing them from land downwind... you are still removing beetles no matter where they come from.
Thanks Tommy... however, you may be the only one? :} part two shows what "should" become of Japanese Beetles everywhere... hope you can watch it... (">
This year I will use a hand-crank auger to dig a deep hole away from any wells. A PVC pipe will be placed in the hole. The pipe will stick out about 4ft above the hole and will have a yellow baited top. When full, I will pull the pipe out and cover the mass grave with dirt.
Did you ever do it? How did that work?
I don’t have fowl today give the beetles to, but I do have a running stream. Could you dump the collected beetles into a running stream to dispose of?
Yes, fish will eat them.
A couple questions: How do I know how many traps I need for the amount of land I have? Also, I read that Japanese beetles are toxic to chickens, do you know anything about this?
My chickens have been eating them for 24 years... but they do also eat a variety of other foods. So, generally, Japanese beetles are safe for chickens to eat. They are a natural part of a chicken's diet in the wild and a good source of protein. Many chicken owners actually see Japanese beetles as a free, organic food source for their flocks [1].
However, there are a couple of things to keep in mind:
Soap: If you're collecting beetles with a trap that uses soapy water, make sure to rinse them thoroughly before feeding them to your chickens. Any soap residue can be harmful [2].
Quantity: While they are a healthy treat, don't let Japanese beetles be the only source of food for your chickens. Maintain a balanced diet with their regular feed [1].
Overall, Japanese beetles are a safe and natural food for chickens.
Can’t find one anywhere please advise thank you
They no longer sell them as they weren't making money from the bags. So, there is another top portion that takes the bait and you can put your mason jars under that. www.greatlakesipm.com/monitoring/traps/trece-pherocon/gltr900125y-trece-japanese-beetle-jb-trap-top-yellow-25cs The "Best Trap Made" and it's also discontinued. I don't have other sources at this time.
These buggers made a mess of my roses last year. Time for pay-back!
I have been plagued by this monster this year so I got the first trap I could find. If the bag works I'll definitely go for a more expensive version. Plus I'm going to try to get them to fall into an enclosed tub of water. I have one question. Will they trap honeybees. I have a supposedly invasive flower near my garden and this year it has attracted honeybees. I don't want to take any chances in harming them. I haven't seen them here for several years so I am a little over-protective.
Hi James, if you've watched any of my more popular videos, I am a honeybee enthusiast and would never put a trap out that attracted and killed them. The beauty of Japanese Beetles is that they are extremely clumsy and have a very low reproductive rate, that combination allows them to be easily trapped and their numbers greatly reduced. Because I have been adding them as chicken feed, I'm a "tiny bit" disappointed that we're at probably 1% of what the Japanese Beetle population was before trapping them in large quantities through the years. Your honeybees are definitely safe from these traps. It's rare that I find anything other than JBs in the traps. I'm working on a new innovation in trapping them this year and that video will be out soon. It's an automatic trap/fish feeding system and it's lots of fun to watch. You can even use mason jars with thest tanglefoot traps, getting the gallon or half gallon size and filling them halfway with soapy water, but then you can't really compost them in your garden and so on. I wish you well and side-note, put out more traps than you think you need and the numbers will drop dramatically in short order.
Wish I could find these traps. Amazon and other online stores are out of stock
here you go! www.homedepot.com/p/Tanglefoot-Japanese-Beetle-Xpando-Trap-Kit-300000666A/301531390
@@FrederickDunn Home Depot is now out of stock, too. The Tanglefoot website doesn't mention it at all. I suspect this trap has been discontinued. You could probably have great results making a video for a DIY version of this trap. I'm very interested.
@cwa14n3 That is a fantastic use for them! Feed the fishes.. of course! Thanks for sharing that...
hella dope. fwm.
Thanks
at first i thought i should get chickens to eat them...I cant have chickens::> but am good to know that someone can use them
yep, my chickens are just waiting for them again this year :) and I have a new innovation coming up this summer for recycling Japanese Beetles.
I like your video. I am living in India. in my home and surrounded house have billions of Japanese Beatles but we have no trap for catching this Beatles where did he get this trap? I have search in Amazon , Flipkart etc . In each year we have got 50 kg sack full of Japanese Beatles by spraying harmful things inside the home and it also sitting in our shelves, books, clothes everywhere .so please say where will we get Japanese beetle tarp?.
What is the name of the product for searching in Amazon ,Flipkart etc in which site will get the product
jet.com/product/Scotts-Co-Japanese-Beetle-Trap-Kit-0401212-Unit-Each/b8f3e49bb4e64172bb5bf935a38d03df?jcmp=pla:ggl:nj_dur_cwin_patio_garden_a3:patio_garden_landscaping_lawn_care_insect_pest_control_a3:na:PLA_786356826_43563547880_pla-301957795399_c:na:na:na:2PLA15&code=PLA15&pid=kenshoo_int&c=786356826&is_retargeting=true&clickid=fcbeabfd-1c73-4147-a7f0-ec0450998eb0&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIw_3JgfX_2QIVFBuBCh1aAgPREAkYAiABEgKyjfD_BwE
Frederick Dunn I did not get the product from the link what we want to do for it
i cannot find the product anywhere online
That's very sad indeed...
Have you tried cooking/ frying them and eating them yourself?
nope
Where do I order one? Or two? Or ...? How many will I need??? I have about 8-9 rose bushes, plus a few other flowering bushes; some vegetables that I'm not sure the J.beetles like, and a huge non-tropical hibiscus (a marshmallow) that they love. If your chickens are out of J.beetles to eat, they can come to my place and eat the J.beetles here!!! lol But THEN I just may have to find out how tasty those beetles are for myself, second-hand, of course. (My cat may help me catch them, the chicks, too!) 8~D
Janis Williams www.amazon.com/Tanglefoot-300000666-Japanese-Beetle-Xpando/dp/B001BO8BWI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1428969876&sr=8-1&keywords=japanese+beetle+trap
Thanks. Got mine the other day. Now then, do you know of a good de-caterpillar-er? I saw a few tent caterpillars and they were HUGE! Close to 3 inches long, each! Zowiee! May God richly bless you.
Janis Williams around here, wild birds eat those tent caterpillars... keeping up a healthy wild bird population is your best bet. Some people use propane torches to burn out the tents, they even mount the burners on a long pole for better reach.
Frederick Dunn Hmmmm, that's problematic. I'm disabled, so I can't do the thing with the torch. And I have a CAT. Even tho my cat got mauled by a coyote a few months ago, and is still suffering with PTSD because of it, he's still a CAT, and as a cat, he chases birds, and sometimes catches birds, and ... well, you don't want to hear the rest. Suffice it to say, we have very few wild birds hanging around. My Mama, next door, tho, has a bird-feeder on the OTHER side of her house, and she has all sorts of small song birds coming in for free food. She also has a hummer feeder, and they come in a flighty feathered flutteration, all bedazzled in their sequinned shimmering beauty. (I like hummers.) :) Got any other ideas to get rid of caterpillars?
I put my full bag of beetles into my fire pit. Is that wrong?
Nothing wrong with that Greg - don't breathe the fumes from that burning plastic though!
Why don't the beetles just climb or fly out again?
It's an inverted funnel from the inside, and they can't navigate that.
will this catch rhino beetles
nope
I just wondering if these Japanase Beetles are in plague proportion due to the GeoEngineering killing of the Birds that's effecting the environment??
I haven't heard that term before? I wouldn't say "plague proportion" as they are not consuming everything. For example, we had a great crop of raspberries and mulberries this year and the Japanese Beetles love to go after those. WE have an abundance of wild birds here and I have yet to see any of them show an interest in eating J. Beetles, but I'm sure something has to eat them? My chickens do, but they can only reach so high. People like to poison grubs in the soil with milky spore and other treatments.. THAT may impact grubs like the firefly larvae which kill and eat grubs, so pesticides always always have their downside and we need to stop using chemicals to control insects, there are always unforeseen impacts/issues with beneficial species.
Oddly enough I wrote that before I heard Dane's latest Podcast for this week & guess what? He actually briefly talked / mentioned about this beetle problem. I'm putting 2 n 2 together just like Dane & things aren't adding up, over 100,000 cows the other week dead in one state alone, birds dropping dead all over the place, Bees colony collapse disorder while the O- Zone Layer has less than 7 years left till total collapse. It ain't gonna end well even if humanity destroys the governments destruction plan for the enviroment. GeoEngineering is a treasonous crime against the whole plannet Mother Earth .. Heres the Podcast ruclips.net/video/LyPPvbktqE8/видео.html
I'm an Engineer, and I haven't heard this "Geo-Engineering" term at all in my profession (and I get around in my line of work from Nautical, to Aerospace, to Adaptive optics, etc). I looked up this term on an Internet search and lo and behold, it's some kind of "Green" made-up term from the Climate wackos - who like to dress themselves up like "Engineers" but never had the aptitude to do the work. These are the same people who failed Discreet Math and Electromagnetics and Control Engineering in College, who then get funneled into fake degrees like "Environmental Engineering" which don't have anywhere near the same requirements. These people couldn't interpret a Bode plot or a Transfer function to build a mercury thermometer, let alone do the work of a real meterologist and tell us about so-called "Global warming" (which they've renamed "Climate Change").
Great video! I don't have a Japanese beetle problem..for me it's the brown June beetles. I would love to harvest them for my chickens..so do you know if the Tanglefoot trap works on June beetles? Thanks for the response. (◕‿-)
+Nightbird Nope, doesn't attract June Bugs... free range chickens normally get June bugs as grubs or when they emerge. They don't do the damage that Japanese Beetles do.
Frederick Dunn
Well I went ahead and purchased the beetle trap you reviewed in your video..and you were right..the June bugs have no interest in it..lol. But I'm hoping maybe there might be some Japanese beetles around..although I don't know if they are since I live in a forest off the Gulf Coast. I guess I'll have to try to make a June bug trap instead..since my chickens love eating them and I want to add a natural protein to their diet since they ignore the earthworms I have given them. Picky chickens..who knew?..lol.
If you want to make a June Bug trap, all you need is a light on a post... flat vertical paddles for them to bump into and funnel below to collect them as they fall :) they will fly to light at dusk.
Frederick Dunn
Great idea! I may just add a small light to the top of my Tanglefoot trap and use that. Thanks again for the idea. (◕‿-)
let me know how it goes :)
I can't stomach touching it after it's full. OMG it's creepy.
aconsideration1 Yup, but look at it as satisfying for helping this overpopulation, and for helping your garden.
Here the link for the seller I found on eBay www.ebay.com/itm/333595019720
. My trap should be arriving in a week. Hopefully it the full trap. Guess I will find out. Looks like he just posted another trap, but he raise the price by $10.
Dang... it's already sold! Thanks Craig, I hope they begin manufacturing them again. Perfect and long lasting traps.
Frederick Dunn I just send you a link via Facebook messager, there one still available
The intro is way too long.
Sorry tom, thanks for sticking it out :)
The video was very informative. Set up the traps and what a difference.