RESCUE! Japanese Beetle Trap – Reusable Bag - 2 Traps

I was skeptical at first. We have a small 6x6 ft. raspberry patch. Normally we're able to stay on top of the beetles by picking several times a day when the raspberries come in. But two years ago we had a bumper crop and just couldn't stay on top of it. The beetles were out of control. We got these the next summer and they are on our "must buy" list every spring!! Super easy to install (I recommend a zip tie to keep it in place). The cartridge has a clove-like scent that attracts the beetles to the bag. It didn't take long and those little suckers were dropping into the bags! Our dog, who prefers to use that part of the yard for her business, wasn't bothered by the smell at all. Even for our small patch I use two, on opposite corners. Worth every penny!

Why did you pick this product vs others?: Holy cow!! We have been battling beetles every summer for years, and for the past three years or so, we have bought the Spectracide beetle-in-a-bag setups. This was my first time trying this brand, or any other brand for that matter. And let me tell you - the other brands do not even hold a candle to this one! Within minutes, we had HUNDREDS of beetles from setting up just ONE of the two bags. I’m not even joking! Side note/pro tip - do not do what I did! Make sure that you open and set it up a little bit away from your deck or door! I had never ever had results like that before so, silly me, I stood right outside my door on my deck and started to setup one of the bags, intending to get it situated and then carry it out back into the yard to hang on one of our existing shepherds hooks that we use for them. Well, within seconds of opening the lure up - no joke - I was being swarmed with beetles! It was insane. I actually ran away with the bag at first, not realizing what was happening as that had NEVER happened before. Once I realized it was the lure/bag, I put it down and ran inside to get my significant other for moral support, haha. We were blown away by how effective and quickly they started to work! He hung it up, we killed probably a hundred beetles by hand, and within 20 minutes we had hundreds more in the trap and they just keep coming! The attached photo was taken 20 minutes after opening and setting up the bag. And the video was taken almost exactly 24 hours after opening the set up to hang one bag (EDIT: for some reason, it won’t upload my video and keeps failing)! I will never, ever buy a different brand again! If you are battling beetles (Japanese, garden beetles, the copper colored ones, the brown speckled ones - ANY beetles) - I’m telling you - give these a try! I am SO impressed! Would give 10 stars if I could.

These things actually work! Caught loads of beetles last season and the replaceable baits make reloading easy. Wasn't 100% "protection" but it made a huge difference with my young apple trees and hybrid tea roses, typically the JBs where I am in GA would eat 90+% of the foliage during their peak weeks, these controlled them to the point it was pretty minimal with no additional pesticides or drilling with oils/sprays.

We only bought two of these and placed them 30 feet away from our fruit producing trees. Set up was pretty easy. Hanging then was easy. We didn't have to wait long for the bags to fill. Pluses are: Chickens will come and gather under the bags for beetles that fall too the ground. So it's a great chicken feed supplement. Beetles collected also make great fish food if you have a pond. The down side of these bags is the Velcro bottom closure. I found after emptying the bags the first time, the beetle poop clogged and weakened the Velcro so that the next time the bag filled, the weight of the beetles caused the bag to open and the beetles happily fell out, flew off, and some found their way back to the lure bags. We solved that issue by rolling up the bottom and securing with some clothes pins. It may be better to hang the bags further away from the plants the beetles love, like 200 - 300feet away. The lures work well, but I think we had less beetles the last couple of years when I hand picked them off. We still have beetles in our plum trees and lots on the grapevines. And they just love my hibiscus. Note that the bags do not actively kill the beetles like some fly traps with water, so make sure you have a way of disposing of them once you have a full bag... And it will get very full, sometimes twice a day.

Every time I hang one of these bags (during active Jap. beetle season) I am absolutely swarmed by them. They love the spice scent it puts off. If the sun is shining on it, it's almost not even fair. You can literally stand there, pluck them off the scent holder & drop them into the bag. Last year I hung it closer than I probably should have to some of our plants because I wanted to make sure they stayed away from other plants. This year I moved them 50-100 ft from any landscaping or vegetable plants and I also used three at a time. This year they worked even better. The bugs can get out if you let the bags get anywhere close to half full. As long as it stays below that level, they either can't get out or just don't want to. The other key is to empty out the dead ones. I'm pretty sure they try to get away from that smell. I take a bucket of soapy water with me, open the bag into the suds, and dip it in the water until most of the pile is gone. Then I try to clean as much of the remnants out by hand as I can. They show using a hose but 2 of my bags are too far from a spigot for that to be feasible. We have a lot of wind around our place so the last thing I do to try and mitigate bug loss is- I hang the bags on a shepherd's hook and then tie them with a string to a landscape staple. This keeps them from putting undo stress on the plastic hangers. Great design, great value, works every time. Highly recommend these to anyone looking to get rid of as many Japanese beetles as possible.

I bought these last year and got so busy battling other bad bugs in our garden, that I never got around to hanging them. This yeat, we have such a big issue with grasshoppers, that I was slow getting to the traps. I got them out to hang them today. I was SWARMED just trying to get them hung. We had half of a 5 gallon bucket FULL of *(now drowned) Japanese Beetles within a couple of hours. I would guess well over a thousand. So many that we had to stir them down into the water as we were dumping them. We hung one off the telephone pole and one of the edge of a tree. The ones that got loose while we were emptying the bag? Were flying back in while I was trying to hang it up again! I had already ordered more. We will be using several around our property! I will also be treating the ground with Natodes this fall and next spring to see if we can significantly reduce their reproducing population! As quickly as they can skeletonize plants? I think these will go up at the start of every spring and stay there through fall for several years. Hopefully I can do my part to eliminate millions of these destructive beasts. Trap effectiveness: EXCELLENT Why did you pick this product vs others?: Recommended by one of the "good bug" sellers, trying to bring balance to our good bugs and reduce our destructive bugs. I live in farm country and a lot of people spray chemicals and we do not. Smell: I expected a funky smell, but it was more "clove like" in odor, so not horrid at all. Build quality: If you don't rinse the bag each time, it can be difficult to close again, as they bugs do get trapped in the plastic "lip" along the edge of the velcro closure, along with their feces. I know I squashed a few just getting it closed tight again. Value for money: WELL WORTH THE MONEY SPENT! *(I HAVE been told that you can drop your drowned beetles into water blocks and freeze them for "icy" chicken treats in the summer...)

Holy smokes these worked well! I had my doubt but I found my self dumping these about every other day when I first put them up. I think they started losing their effectiveness after about a month, but I’m still very impressed with how they worked. I will just make sure that I have a couple of extra bait for next year when I put them up so I can swap that out. If you are buying you might figure out a different way to hang other than the twist tie. I ended up using some of the green stretch ties that I use in my garden. That was pretty disappointing to see the bag on the ground when the twist tie failed! I will definitely purchase these again for next year. They saved my pole beans.

Works well! I can literally see them flying all around and right into it. I have two out and they are filling right up with them. One is between my peach and cherry trees. The other is in the landscaping of my house. Cons is that they give u a bread tie to hold it up. The first day the one in the trees kept falling down. Its windy out there. Within the first two days the one blew so much it flipped upside down on the Shepards hook and all the beetles got out :( I ended up getting a second tie and securing the bottom to the pole so it cant flip. You may be able to see in the photo what i did. It still is able to catch lots more beetles with my adjustment. The second one (ive had them a few weeks now) is up by the house the tie broke and the trap fell today. Most of the beetles in it had died but I imagine any live ones got out. So ive secured it back up and also did the bottom like the one out between the fruit trees. They are catching lots! I still am picking them off my plants. We are probably going to order more of these. :) They are catching them, so other then my adjustments for secure hanging they are good. Just be mindful to secure them. It was heartbreaking to see lots in the bag and coming back in a hour to them dumped out!