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Jul 9, 2022 10:15 AM CST
Name: Big Bill
Livonia Michigan (Zone 6a)
If you need to relax, grow plants!!
Bee Lover Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Orchids Region: Michigan Hostas Growing under artificial light
Echinacea Critters Allowed Cat Lover Butterflies Birds Region: United States of America
Sprays high in pyrethrins will help.
Neem oil sprays will also help. Follow directions.

You can pick them off as they are very slow moving. Immerse in kerosene.
But your best option is to use biological controls such as nematodes or milky spore fungus. The larva live underground as a grub and controls will be much more effective.
Once they are hatched and flying around, control becomes much more difficult.
Orchid lecturer, teacher and judge. Retired Wildlife Biologist. Supervisor of a nature preserve up until I retired.

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