How to Get Rid of Japanese Beetles (4 Easy Steps)

Watch how to get rid of Japanese beetles using the Solutions four-step process! This video will show exactly what to do when you have Japanese beetles on your lawn or garden!

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Introduction: 0:00
How to Identify Japanese Beetles: 0:42
How to Inspect for Japanese Beetles: 1:40
How to Treat for Japanese Beetles: 2:44
How to Prevent Japanese Beetles: 5:29

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Japanese beetles are one of the most widespread turf and ornamental pests in the United States. As larvae, these insects can eat through plant roots and create large patches of dead grass, and as adults, they’ll easily eat through plenty of garden leaves and cause mass defoliation.

Japanese beetles grow to be about ⅓ to ½ an inch in length. They have iridescent green bodies, and copper-ish wing coverings, also known as elytra. Additionally, they have small white spots of hair or fur on the rears of their bodies and club-like antennae. Being a type of June Bug, Japanese beetles hatch from eggs as grubs. Like all other beetle grubs, their fleshy white bodies are typically curled up in a C-shape. They have six legs, and they have orange heads with sizable mandibles.

Depending on the climate, mature Japanese beetles can emerge from the ground from May to Late June. Warmer climates will see earlier pest emergence.
You’ll want to conduct your inspection during daytime hours. Unlike other June bug species, Japanese beetles are active during the day when the sun is out. Check your gardens, shrubs, trees, and other ornamentals for Japanese beetle activity. You’ll usually find Japanese beetles in groups as they feed on their host plant. You can also find adult beetles among your turfgrass as they look for spots to lay eggs.

If it’s not summer and you suspect grubs in your lawn, you’ll have to inspect your property for patches of brown or dying grass. Since grubs are sub-surface feeders, you’ll need to dig underground to find them. Dig a 1 foot square about 3 inches deep along the edge of any patches you’ve found. Lift up the grass, and note if there is any pest activity. You may spot a couple grubs, which is normal for any lawn, but if there are a high number clustered in that square foot patch, then that’s cause for action.

To get rid of Japanese beetles on your property, you’ll need to use an insecticide labeled for Japanese beetle control like Dominion 2L. Dominion 2L is a systemic insecticide that can be used to control larvae underneath turf as well as adults feeding on ornamentals and other shrubbery. Since you’ll need to make a high-volume treatment, we recommend you use a 20-gallon hose-end sprayer to push your product down into the soil.

To kill white grubs in your lawn, evenly distribute the entire amount of product over your treatment area. If you’re dealing with adults in your shrubbery, you’ll need to apply a foliar treatment to all shrubs on your property. Be sure to spray leaves to the point of wet, but not runoff, ensuring that as much product sticks to the leaf surface as possible. When applied properly, your pests will consume the roots or leaves and die within 24 hours. It may take several weeks to see noticeable changes in pest activity.

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[Reesaguerra]

This product won't be an option if you have honey bees, organic fruit trees and a vegetable garden.

[ale_the_ia]

I never had a problem with Japanese beetles until last summer, when my neighbors decided they wanted a rose garden. Now these things are causing massive defoliation of all my fire bushes. I don’t ever use pesticides. So I spent time last summer with a bucket of soapy water, knocking them off the leaves down into it. I did that about twice a day. And now this year I’m back out with my soapy bucket again. Hey, it works better than nothing. And those Japanese beetle bag traps just draw more of them to your yard overall.

[WindexL]

They were eating my peaches ANDDD my blueberries I got so pissed off cause this year was one of the best years for fruit we have had in 15 years so I took soap water 409 then put it in a bottle and I dampened the trees and my blueberry bush and so far no beetles 🪲 which I’m really happy about since were making pies for my grandmas 100th birthday

[davidlemaire]

Dish detergent and water in a squirt bottle. Ofc, i tried my method on a queen carpenter bee...didn't quite work...

[stever]

The new USMC beetle really pushes them back

[isMike]

I haven't seen them on my plants BUT I saw shit load hovering in bunches when I cut the grass today....July 5....2021

[jmwoznia]

Did you say they are a type of June bug?

[cbroz]

My old man used'ta have serious problems with them in the 50s...they et the hell outta his 250 rosebushes in our garden...he used'ta spray every weekend with Malathion...which I think is no longer available...made the beetles D R T...Dead Right There...

[roywarriner]

Treating your lawn is a waste of time and money. The beetles will come from miles away.

[boyar]

why would you want to kill such pretty Beetles? They are free to come to my yard and eat all the leaves they want. The more leaves they eat the fewer I have to rake when it comes to fall.