The battle begins!Found my first Japanese beetle in my asparagus today. Set out 3 traps and killed a few dozen more. Only 4-6 more weeks of battle.
my asparagus gets COVERED in Japanese beetles every year. They never mess with anything except the asparagus and I haven't seen any bad effects on the plants so I just leave them be. Neighbors have traps that are always FULL of them. Until they harm my other plants I think I will leave the trapping to the neighbors.
Bees are very good of course, like Bob says, but I'm slightly allergic to them.If I get stung, I start losing my breath and get very dizzy (or dizzier) and will fall over if I don't lie down on the ground.It quickly passes in 5-10 minutes, but always scares the crap out of me.