I use a shop vac to vacuum up Japanese beetles off my plants. Adding pieces of PVC pipe as an extension to the tubing lets you reach up high. Try different sizes of vacuum attachments to get suction enough to grab beetles with little damage to the plant. It's very emotionally satisfying to pour bleach on several gallons of beetles at one time, die beetles!! :) Wonder how many beetles are in a gallon?
And if you do the tarp trick mentioned in the article, do it when it's chilly before dawn, as soon as they warm up they will start flying. Sweep them off the tarp and into a can often, so if it warms up a degree or so and they start flying, they don't get away.
I use a shop vac to vacuum up Japanese beetles off my plants. Adding pieces of PVC pipe as an extension to the tubing lets you reach up high. Try different sizes of vacuum attachments to get suction enough to grab beetles with little damage to the plant. It's very emotionally satisfying to pour bleach on several gallons of beetles at one time, die beetles!! :) Wonder how many beetles are in a gallon?
And if you do the tarp trick mentioned in the article, do it when it's chilly before dawn, as soon as they warm up they will start flying. Sweep them off the tarp and into a can often, so if it warms up a degree or so and they start flying, they don't get away.