Spectracide Bag-A-Bug Japanese Beetle Trap, Dual Lure System

This stuff really works! We have wild muscadines across the driveway from our arbor, and in the past few years these bugs have become a problem. I set the trap up closer to the wild vines, and it lures the bugs away from our arbor. At the end of the summer after the muscadines are picked, I just toss the trap into the garbage! Easy to set up, lasts all season.

4 YEAR REVIEW READ THIS! Works like magic but FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS! This product (and similar lure based japanese beetle products) works INCREDIBLY if and ONLY if you do it correctly. It doesn't just protect your plants, it gets to the root of the problem by eliminating japanese beetles a good distance around your house. 1. Hang a few of these in a perimeter around your the plants, at least 20 feet away from them. Lure/Trap systems should never be hung on or near the plants you are trying to protect. It will lure every Japanese beetle within probably a mile or more. If you hang it on your plant, they will just munch your plant in addition to being trapped! 2. You'll get TONS of beetles the first year, so check your traps often and empty the bags, rinse off the lure, and hang them again until the season is over. If you're handy, you can even hang your own larger bags on the lure frame. You'll get way less the next year, and almost none the third year. Why? Because this trap is taking all the beetles out of the breeding pool. I've seen farmers who were freaked out because it was summoning these demons from across the country to their farm only to be shocked the second and third year when almost no beetles showed up. Why do you want to lur every Japanese Beetle around? Because Japanese beetles travel up to 5 miles in search of food. I've seen people advising killing the grubs. You going to poison 80 square miles of land around you hoping to kill the grubs when you can just take 2 minutes to hang a trap and wipe out potential parents.

Did a great job on capturing Japanese beetles!

I'm not saying I didn't believe the reviewers that described swarms of beetles drawn towards their traps. I just thought, maybe, they were being funny? Or being dramatic? Or maybe I just didn't think these would work that well for me? Here is my beetle war story: I began assembling the trap at my table just inside my patio doors. For such a completely no-tech item, I seemed to struggle disproportionately with the instructions. Once it's together it's very simple, but at first I didn't get that the cute little "bar of soap" scented thing stays IN the plastic bubble card thing. It popped out, but was easy to pop back in. But remember this event - it becomes significant later. Once assembled, I carried the contraption into the back yard and hung it about halfway between the beetle-damaged flower bed and the house. This was, in fact, at least 30' away and downwind from the target plants, as instructed. I smugly stood there and began to count, waiting for the swarms. At about 20 seconds, I was surprised to notice a couple of bugs flying nearby. Within 5 more seconds, I found myself running towards the patio door for safety, my childhood fear of flying insects fully recalled. I stood inside, watching as they not only gathered in the yard and began dropping into the trap, but also seemed to be gathering at my door! It was then that I realized that I could still smell the "attractant"; that it had transferred to my hands while assembling the trap, and that I had then transferred it to my doorknob! They REALLY like that stuff! After cleaning the doorknob and calming my fears, I watched in amazement as the bugs continued to gather and dive into the bag. At about an hour, the bag was filled to the narrowed center "fill line". I ran out, moved the trap further from the house, and stuck a bucket with soapy water (previous reviewer recommendation) under the trap. By the time my husband arrived home, after about 4 hours, the 5 gallon bucket had at 4-5 inches of beetles, plus those we dumped from the bag. The next morning, he hauled the bucket of dead beetles out to the country where he works and dumped them. This has become a daily task. Bye! Don't forget your bucket-o-bugs! We reuse the bag. I probably will rig the trap to go directly into a bucket, like another reviewer recommended. I was pretty freaked out about the bugs flying around. But they did subside over a couple of days, and tend to be seen mostly close to the trap. They also do have a daily schedule, so mornings and evenings are typically no-fly zones. All in all, this provided effective beetle control. My rose bushes and fruit trees are looking much better. This was also provided some good cheap entertainment, and a lesson in overcoming fear. The down side: It's pretty gross. If you have a lot, like I do, the bag fills quickly and they need to be discarded - and a lot of the bugs are still alive. And crawling on the bag, the stake, the bucket, etc. And if you don't remove them, they smell. So, in summary, effective, inexpensive, educational, and gross.

These work great, and will dramatically reduce the number of Japanese beetles on your property, just make sure to use them correctly. This is my second year using them. Previous years we had tons of beetles, last year I put 4 of these traps (10 acres) near the corners of my property and filled up each bag twice over. This year we have substantially less, and the traps are keeping them off our gardens. The bags are big enough to catch a lot of beetles, but small enough you can place them anywhere. - don't put them near plants, otherwise they'll take collateral damage - some birds will try to get to the beetles inside the bag, which can break the bag, spilling the beetles out. just keep an eye out - the lure will last 10+ weeks, and you can decimate beetle populations in just a few seasons so imo it's a fantastic value - if you get the Spectracide metal crook hanger, use tape to fasten the pieces together so it doesn't come apart in the wind - speaking of wind, it can turn the bag over, spilling the beetles out and sending the lure flying - empty it regularly, the beetles get heavy and it can pull the bag off the hanger

They work great. Have used them for years. Hard to find just the baits only locally.