Detroit Free Press Marty Hair column: Grubs give beetles the boot.(Column)

From: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI) | Date: September 29, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Marty Hair

Sep. 29--If Japanese beetles or their grubs devoured your roses, crabapples, irrigated lawn or favorite golf course this summer, you have a chance for revenge. On Sat., Oct. 21, go to Battle Creek to dig up grubs infected with a pathogen that helps squelch the Japanese beetle population.

Take the infected grubs back home. Use a screwdriver to punch holes in your lawn or garden beds. Drop in the infected grubs. Grubs are immature b...

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