damn japanese beetles doing a lot of damage

the japanese beetles were exceptionally vicious this year.


they ate so many of the green bean leaves that they completely stopped producing beans for three weeks while they grew more leaves.






i ended up going out with my bucket of water 3-4 times a day picking them off. this is from ONE picking. i had to throw away the trap i had, and the stores were ALL completely sold out of more traps. i went to four stores.


and not just the beans, they were on my raspberries too




all these bugs on just ONE leaf


they even were on my new blueberry bushes!


and on the purple leaf sandcherry




i hate them.