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Article: They're here again _ Japanese beetles emerge to eat your garden.(Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- June 27, 2001
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Nature moves in predictable cycles.
Every fall, when the weather turns blustery and all doubt disappears that winter is on its way, the birds head south for warmer spots on the map. In the spring, as the birds return, trees and bushes put on their eons-old show, bursting into a rainbow of colorful flowers and green leaves.
Like birds and bushes, insects live by their own natural schedules. And, at the end of each June, just as household gardeners are looking forward to enjoying the sight of a flowering rosebush or the taste of a ripe tomato, Japanese beetles begin emerging from the ground in their quest to mate a bit, lay a few eggs and dine on your ...