Greener Days Ahead: Tackling Japanese Beetles and Grubs
Upper Canada Organic Products Announces the Arrival of the New Rescue! Japanese Beetle Trap in Canada
Toronto, ON (PRWEB) June 1, 2005 -- Upper Canada Organic Products, based in
Toronto, Ontario, is pleased to announce the arrival of the Rescue! Japanese
Beetle Trap, which has been approved for use in Canada.
“We are very
happy to offer this product as an easy, yet effective way of reducing adult
Japanese Beetle populations as well as limiting egg production,” said David
Smorenburg, Owner of Upper Canada Organic Products.
The Japanese Beetle
is a highly destructive plant pest that has been showing up in gardens from
central Canada to the east coast. Japanese Beetles have been a growing problem
since the insects entered North America without their natural enemies and found
both a favourable climate and an abundant food supply.
According to the
USDA Animal and Plant Inspection Service, adult Japanese Beetles “feed on
foliage and fruits of several hundred species of fruit trees, ornamental trees,
shrubs, vines, and field and vegetable crops.” They prefer to feed on the upper
surface of the foliage of these plants, consuming the soft tissues between the
veins and leaving a lace-like skeleton. Injured leaves eventually turn brown and
die. Grubs, at the larval stage of the Japanese Beetle, feed on the roots of
various plants and grasses and often destroy turf in, for example, lawns, parks,
golf courses, and pastures.
The Rescue! Japanese Beetle Trap uses floral
scents proven to be a natural attractant, along with the Beetle’s natural sex
attractant. The trap uses a scientifically designed method to control the
release of these natural floral and sex attractants to lure both male and female
beetles to the trap. The convenient cone design prevents the user from having to
handle the actual attractants.
Once attracted, Japanese Beetles fly into
the large yellow panels of the trap and are stunned on impact. They then fall
into the attached disposable entrapment bag. Once inside, they cannot fly out of
the trap.
About Upper Canada Organic Products:
Upper Canada Organic
Products is dedicated to selling and distributing non-chemical, safe and
effective products that can be used to minimize the amount of potentially
dangerous chemicals used in daily life. The company is dedicated to providing
effective products at a cost that does not harm family, friends, the earth, or
your pocketbook. Products are available in insect control, weed control, organic
fertilizers, tools, and natural body care. For product and company information,
please visit http://www.ucorganicproducts.com.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/6/prweb246540.htm