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Posted by october17 5chgo (My Page) on Mon, Mar 17, 08 at 11:01
| Has anyone actually purchased one of these? I'm thinking about getting one for my mother who absolutely hates japanese beetles. I did a search to buy one, prices are from 19.99 to 59.99 for the same one!! |
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| If you have the money to throw away on those types of things and use it in a way that does not also vacuum up beneficial insects this would probably be better for the environment than some of the poisons people use. |
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| october17, plenty of people use them with great success. I've not used one myself, preferring my fine-tuned hand picking technique, but these gadgets are much recommended. |
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| Haven't been able to try out the vacuum yet, no Japanese beetles around so far!! Will post when we try it out. |
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| Your real vaccuum will work just fine as well...just use the attachment or get a hand held like a dirt devil. Sucks them up but doesn't always kill them...the little buggers are good and faking it. They will lie on their backs for a very long time and then all of a sudden get flipped over and keep on grossing people out... |
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| The vacuum didn't work that great. It didn't have enough suction, I had to tilt it so that the beetles would fall into the tube. It did have a trap door so that the suction did pull them through so they couldn't get out if I didn't empty it right away. We had the beetles pretty bad on the cannas. Going back to plan A - only grow what they don't like! |
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| I used my full size vac in my garden last year; it's a rainbow with water capture. It worked beautifully, and the neighbors seemed to enjoy it too. good luck! |
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