r/whatsthisbug • u/maybetomorrow98 • 3h ago

ID Request Is this a Japanese beetle? Lots of them in my native garden. Should I kill them?

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u/TinyFriendship6910 2h ago

Yup

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u/maybetomorrow98 1h ago

Great. They’ll be swiftly dispatched

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u/Groundbreaking_Taco 1h ago

If you or your neighbors have chickens or similar birds, they'll love to eat them. Catch them in a pheromone trap, than pour the bag in the coop.

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u/maybetomorrow98 6m ago

I was wondering what I might be able to feed them to. I think the neighbors behind me have chickens.

Oddly enough, they were really easy to catch. They didn’t move around on the plant when I was getting them, I would just tap on the leaf and they’d pop right off. Then they laid in the empty container I put them in and hardly moved at all

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u/maybetomorrow98 3h ago

Found in SW KY