"What Birds Eat Japanese Beetles? (And Clean Up Your Garden) - birdertopia.com
June 28, 2023 - Ducks and wild turkeys are known to feed on the grubs as well, while bluebirds, catbirds, and the common grackle enjoy feasting on adult beetles. House sparrows, purple martins, and various species of finches are among other bird species that will gladly ....."
Japanese Beetles equal free poultry feed!
**I will not use the traps anymore. I think that the attractant just brings more onto your property! Of course, if you are looking for chicken food more of them may be a good solution! (I do not have chickens!)
Good to know! Those birds better get with the program and rid us of those monsters once and for all!
We got Japanese beetles (old house), but we also would get a June Bug hatch now & again, usually after a rain. It was hilarious watching the local crow family in the field, hopping after the June Bugs.
I have been wearing a bug head net frequently the last couple of weeks. There’s the occasional mosquito, but the gnats have been terrible. I think they are hatching out of our landscape mulch. Yesterday, I had trouble with some biting flies while mowing - look like house flies, but they definitely bite. The poor cows are just bedeviled with all manner of biting insects. There are birds (a flock, actually) that fly around the cows, catching insects, but it doesn’t seem to help at all.