Spectracide Bag-A-Bug Japanese Beetle Trap 2, Traps Japanese Beetles, Protects Your Yard, 2 Count

Arrived on time, was easy to attach and hopefully we'll catch a lot of beetles!

This works perfectly for getting rid of those beetles

I have a small orchard that I planted a few years ago. We also have roses and our usual veggie garden, etc. While not 100% "organic," I do try to keep to natural principles as much as I can.The past 2 years the Japanese Beetles have come in swarms so bad that they literally killed 2 of my trees and almost completely denuded several others (they especially like my sweet cherry trees !!!)I do use natural Pyretherins as an insecticide, but being a contact poison the Japanese beetles tend to do too much damage by the time they kick the bucket. And with literal swarm numbers, it's just too much for my young trees.I know traps CAN work, but from my experience with other brands, I didn't get my hopes up.These traps are GREAT! I put them out ahead of time as sentinels and as soon as the swarms came, the traps reduced the numbers hitting the plants and trees to the point of saving everything!Science (insect sex pheromones) + horny little beetles = bags full of DEAD beetles !!!Additionally, while really not that costly in comparison, the plastic dividers are reusable while the bags and attractants are available as refills!In all ways, truly worth the money!

Product as described. Arrived in good condition

I am honestly shocked at how well this worked. It work fast as soon as we put it up and it caught hundreds (maye thousands) of beetles last season with one on either end of our yard. The pods and plastic parts on the top had no durability issues, but the metal stand sold separately is junk.The design is simple and clever but I highly recommend handing it from a slick surface with as little twist-tie/rope as possible. The beetles will absolutely find any clingy surface they can and will hold onto that instead of going for the smell pods. The trap works best when the beetles simply fly into the slick yellow panels with nothing to grip on, and fall into the trap once they try to land.Had a very strong smell of cloves (quite nice actually) and once the trap was full it was easy to clean up and pop-off the bag and replace.I've heard concerns about this drawing more beetles to your yard and subsequently to your plants. Our plants were already so covered it surely didn't matter, and I think it's far better to take out a significant part of their population in the area, which this definitely did. I would highly recommend this to anyone with a Japanese beetle infestation.

when the bugs hit the bait they fall down into a flimsy plastic bag that’s held up only by four holes near the top edge, that fit over plastic hooks in the frame. It’s not at all stable; hard to empty; and difficult to re-use. There are better options- ie, with more stable construction-available at about the same price.

I usually don't take the time to review stuff on Amazon, but I have to in this case. Japanese beetles were destroying a $300 planter of flowers, specifically canna leaves, and I tried home remedies which seemed to keep them off the leaves, but I pulled out the credit card and got this professional solution, and it works! It's a bit tricky...you have to be 30 feet from what you are trying to protect, and down wind from there too (that is, in the direction the wind blows from, well it blows different directions different days, but okay, westerly in my case). I got a tip from Youtube that in addition to setting up the bag a bug, to put a bucket of water UNDER the bag as beetles aren't great fliers and will bump into the bag and fall into the water. So did that too. AFTER 15 hours from setting it up last night there are I would say 100 beetles IN THE BAG and another 50 in the water. While I was checking it four or five arrived and met their demise. They say to change the bag so the "dead beetle" smell doesn't override the phermone lure smell for them, and turn off the new beetles from coming over, so tomorrow I will change the bag, but it's great, and gross, to see a bag weighted down with DEAD japanese beetles. I also sprang for the special stand, which is only so so....Maybe it's at the optimal height, but it's filmsy, and bowing over, and bobs in the wind, so don't love that but it works and that is what matters.

Hadn’t found anything that really worked against the Japanese Beetles. I’ve used sprays, neem oil, and a couple of other sprays etc…Would recommend using Spectrum bug granules as the larvae of JBs are laid in the ground/grass along with the bag a bug.The bag a bug is excellent. I received these yesterday and I placed them ~30ft from my roses and it is only 1230 pm and I already cannot see the bottom of the bag. I hate killing them but man they were destroying my apple trees and roses.Excellent product and I’ll buy again.Day 3: More and more JBs. See pics!Skip to Day 6: hundreds of JBs captured. See pics and they are about 3” deep in the bag. (Pic with the glove on).Recommendation: I’m in Virginia and it has been hot. The JBs start stinking and. Noticed JB’s pretty mic started going back to my roses and fruit trees.Therefore I recommend replacing the bag about every 3-4 days. Once I put the new bags up there started filling up again.Good luck to you all and ensure you follow the directions for best results :)Highly recommended!!!!