Sounds like the japanses ones can be pretty damaging to crops.

Ya - almost june bug season here. Before mom moved up north should would collect them in a jar in the evening while drinking coffee outside and then in the morning put them in the bird feeders.

Bill - you got that nasty green pollen all over everything now - or is it just us here in texas?

We get the Japanese Beetles up north during the summer too. They mostly destroy my sunflowers, beans, raspberries, and blueberries. The traps work....but.... make sure you set them up far away from your gardens. The scent is so strong it attracts them in from far distances. Some people feel you're better off not using them since they feel it attract them too much.

I've been fairly successful sucking them off with a dust buster. I just poke around the garden each day for a few minutes suck them off the leaves, then dump them in a bucket of water.

A dust buster is a gardener's best friend! I use it for the stink bugs on the tomatos and bell peppers.

Does that work for aphids too? Aphids tend to be harder to shift off the stems of plants. Black Fly, Green Fly and aphids are the main source of irritation for UK growers. Liberal amounts of Ladybirds work as a deterrent, but even they can't eat fast enough to keep up with the rate which these grow at.

aphrid=stink bug

to get them off the toms, I get a small container of water, put it under them and then just tap the leaf around them. Disturb them enough and they jump off into the water.