Naturally! Fwd: GHS Guide to Controlling Japanese Beetles

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From: Garden Harvest Supply <info@...>Date: Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 7:03 AM

Subject: GHS Guide to Controlling Japanese Beetles

Tina <k9baron@...>

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Ever been asked by an agricultural inspector at an airport if you’ve been on a farm, are bringing home any plants, or have handled snails? Long before Homeland Security was worrying about terrorist attacks, the USDA was worrying about a different kind of attack.

Consider the Japanese beetle: for centuries it lived peacefully in its country of origin where, because of the climate and lack of large grassy areas, it never became much of a problem. Then, nearly a century ago, the organizers of the 1916 World’s Fair arranged for a shipment of irises to be sent from Japan to New Jersey to help decorate the fairgrounds. The irises arrived safely at the port in Newark, and hiding in their leaves were a few pretty little metallic beetles.

Their new habitat proved to be a bonanza of food and security for the Japanese beetle. Around them were more than three hundred species of flowers, plants, vines, ornamentals, shrubs, and trees that they liked to eat, as well as large tracts of turf grass that were a perfect environment for them to lay their eggs. Best of all: not a single natural enemy! The beetles soon spread throughout the entire northeast, working their way north up into Canada, south as far as Alabama, and west all the way to Colorado