03/06/2021
Garden tip of the Day: When dispatching Japanese Beetles, remember to look for opaque white spots on their shoulders — those are the eggs of tachnid* flies, which hatch and then consume the beetle from within. By letting beetles with the spots live--the more you let hatch, the more you will get to help control the beetle population.
Note: There may be one, two, or more of the spots.
*These are not the same tachnids that affect Monarchs.
Photo and tip courtesy of Lynette Walther, https://gardeningonthego.wordpress.com/about/