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It's gone. Really sorry about that.

Here's what I recall- no viable biological control for a multitude of reasons. Rotational trap crops were recommended and I think one of them was actually radishes.

Other than that, you can reduce populations by taking your shop vac to your plants. And, I do mean literally taking your shop vac to them. Suck the flea beetles right off your plants. You won't get them all but it's quick and it's easy.

I've found some good things thru Google......

I could attract them to the radish patch, then vacuum every so often. Kewl. Thanks for a great idea!

For Japanese beetles, I kept a bucket of soapy water and would shake them off into a nice "refreshing" bath. They seemed to hate it (they died, RIP) but I felt great after every bucketful!

Robert.

Boys and their toys! I swear! Mention a little old shop vac and they're raring to go to town. I hate chemicals myself but will use them sparingly and only if I can't find another route. So many insects are becoming resistant anyways so we might as well find another route. Speaking of resistant bugs, I was just reading an article in which head lice is becoming resistant to our routine plan of attack. Guess it's time to remind the kids NOT to put on other kids' hats or outer wear about a gazillion times before they go out the door to school. I can't imagine resistant lice because the thought is leaving me with the heevie jeevies (sp?). What do we parents do? Release a biological control on our kids' heads or sit there with teflon flea combs morning, noon, and night trying to get as many as we can? They better come up with a fix real quick or this country is literally going to be crawling.

Oh my, I get warm fuzzy feelings just thinking of all those Japanese Beetles in that nice "refreshing" bath you created "speshul" for them. That was down right neighborly of you.

Machines are great! LOL.

Oh, that is really nasty about headlice.......resistant mutant headlice....what next?

R.

Hmmm, are you thinking what I'm thinking?????????????????????

Now there's an even scarier thought. We could all be walking around scratching like a bunch of Baboons.

Not the Gloriowhatzis and those....argh.......snicker-snackin' pincers!??????

Oh, I never thought of those. That's actually funnier than what I was originally thinking which was Sarcoptic Mites or rather mange in dogs and cats. Although the mite is the same, when people pick up Sarcoptic Mites (usually from their pets) we refer to it as Scabies. Talk about a major case of the itchies if those mites become resistant to what's currently out on the market to treat those. Scratch scratch scratch!

That's something I didn't know--scabies being the same as mange. Fascinating.

Live and learn!

R.

It's also called the "Seven Year Itch". Scratch, scratch, scratch.

The kind that doesn't require marriage, lol!