So many Japanese beetles! 🪲 In just a day, one of our beetle traps keeps filling up and we are giving a full bag to the chickens each day! #farmlife #animallovers #nature #agriculture | White House on the Hill

The invasive Japanese beetle has shown up in my yard this week! The best thing we can do is start inspecting when beetles emerge from the soil in our area. In the Chicagoland area this is late June and all the way through July. We start inspecting plants in our yard, that are particularly susceptible, like roses. We do our inspections with a container of water that has a dropper two of dish soap in it. The dish soap breaks the surface tension of the water, and that way when you scoop the beetles