Recycle Japanese Beetles, traps by Tanglefoot now owned by Contech Inc.

[busterpiggle]

Why don't the beetles just climb or fly out again?

[HTCSWEOD]

@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....

[busterpiggle]

These buggers made a mess of my roses last year. Time for pay-back!

[cwa14n3]

Trapping them in the Tanglefoot hard plastic traps works for me. I have four. Tonight I emptied them into four inches of water in a five gallon bucket. What did I do with them? I took the bucket with an estimated 1000 beetles and I tossed it out on my pond. I have no poultry or birds. But I have have a 3/4 acre pond filled with Largemouth bass and sunfish. Well the bugs spread out, and the fish responded. In less than two minutes, the water was boiling. My fish love them each night as supper.

[HTCSWEOD]

@cwa14n3 That is a fantastic use for them! Feed the fishes.. of course! Thanks for sharing that...

[HaloKing3536]

im thinking of getting a Sargent cherry tree and Japanese Beatles are a threat.  you can tie a string on them and let them fly and it is like a kite =D

[tarazod]

Thanks for the info Fred. Great job!

[destroyahdes]

Thanks for posting this. I didn't know there was another design. I'd seen the traps in my garden catalogs. Luckily I haven't had to deal japanese beetles. My biggest problem are stink and sheild bugs on my tomatoes.

[HTCSWEOD]

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 (">

[destroyahdes]

Sounds like I need some chickens. But I don't know if they'd eat these bugs since they have that stinky bad tasting chemical defense.

[gardenmagik]

Thanks so much for posting this vid as a response to my JB show... Great info!

[HTCSWEOD]

No problem, I absolutely LOVE your videos!

[tommyclassics]

Fred, I always knew that you were a genius!

Your friend, Tommy

[HTCSWEOD]

Thanks Tommy... however, you may be the only one? :} part two shows what "should" become of Japanese Beetles everywhere... hope you can watch it... (">

[HTCSWEOD]

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.