THE BEST Japanese Beetle Trap I have ever used! Period NO BAGS Chicken Feed Fish Food

I have tried and tested every popular Japanese Beetle Trap and this is by far, the best and most economical Japanese Beetle collection system I have found. Full Review and demonstration.
Read this PDF for mass trapping of beetles: ipm.missouri.edu/MEG/2018/1/m...
Get a Tanglefoot Beetle Trap HERE: No longer available, they worked too well. If you find them, please let me know so I can update the link.
Get a Support Pole Here: amzn.to/2KGJYKU
I've been using these expandable Tanglefoot Japanese Beetle Traps for over 10 years and in my opinion, they are hands-down the most effective beetle traps.
If you've ever had the bag traps, then you know that those run into lots of money fast as the bags are thrown almost daily. Great for the seller, not for the consumer.
You don't need to throw your beetles away, you can compost them, kill them with hot tap water, feed your chickens, or koi!
No reason at all to be tossing lots of stinky bags into your garbage can.
The lures are replaceable and last a year.
I have watched my Japanese Beetle Numbers drop profoundly over the years, it takes several days for a beetle trap to get half full at peak beetle season when the first year, they would fill to the top daily.
I've made several other videos showing my personal modifications to these traps, including a 10 foot drain pipe collection system for my plum trees.
This Tanglefoot expandable design is getting hard to find or it's extremely overpriced. So I decided to put a link here to an Amazon listing where it's still reasonably priced.
Please let me and others know if you find it cheaper.
Thanks for watching.
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[@georgegoertzen4723]

As always, another excellent video to help me save time, money and the environment . Thank you.

[@Whoknowsthefuture.]

So far best way to make beetle juce. Thank you for confirming fish like them

[@FrederickDunn]

You are most welcome

[@high_fructose_corn_syrup]

Ty for the info about the trap being in the sun catches more. I appreciate that :)

[@chadsiewert6060]

I'm doing a 5 gallon bucket. The lid has a hole cut in it to accept a 4 inch PVC pipe. The top of the pipe holds the bait, and the bottom of the pipe has holes cut into it to allow beetles to "escape" into the bucket. The bucket partially sits into a hole in the ground to keep it from tipping over. THIS IS WAR!

[@slimnieves]

Phenomenal review!

[@dawndavison8560]

This was wonderful! Thank you for sharing I may make a do it yourself trap, but soooooooo thankful for the idea of feeding to chicken and fish!!!!!!! Super excited about that!!!!! Finally q beneficial use for these pesky creatures!!!!

[@BusanKevin]

Great video! Thanks for the useful tips!

[@FrederickDunn]

You're very welcome, thank you for watching!

[@anilkapur1584]

Excellent video, very informative, thank you!

[@FrederickDunn]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kelliez9991]

Thank you!

[@d.j.robinson9424]

Love it, great video. 🌞

[@FrederickDunn]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@teresawigginswatford5520]

the very best product to trap japanese beetles!!

[@user-cl3gz9ey1w]

From the nature to the nature

[@emmuealhird5075]

Thanks! I was at a loss in my garden.

[@FrederickDunn]

You are very welcome!

[@ThelaziaCafe]

you always post a video when i need it! These things are tearing through my plum and apple trees! Thank you for the link!

[@FrederickDunn]

Glad to help Tim, they can be truly terrible. These traps have really reduced their numbers on my property.

[@ThelaziaCafe]

Mind if i pick your brain? Just found one of my queens sitting on the ground outside her hive with some workers around her. When i knelt down to verify what i was seeing she flew into my hand! I put her on the landing board and she went back into the hive. Any idea why she would be out there? Some people suggested she may have been tired from a mating flight but... if she could fly into my hand, why not 10inches to the right to go home?

[@FrederickDunn]

That scenario has many possible reasons for the Queen being outside. She went back into the hive, I wish you could observe if the workers were accepting or rejecting her. Sometimes when a hive swarms, there are several queen departing together and some of those queens are not popular and have a small cluster of workers with her. In the future, if you find a queen outside the hive, put her in a queen trap and then put the trap with the queen inside the hive by the brood and see what the nurse bee response is. She may have actually been driven out. Also check for supercedure queen cells, there really isn't much to go on without visiting your hive and seeing what's going on. If she returned from a mating flight, there may have been the "mating sign" still on her? The nurse bees would remove that upon her return. She may also be infertile, so allowing her to visit brood comb while controlled as with a nicot system, she can be observed in a controlled area while being tended by the workers. Also, do a queen search inside the hive (if you had the chance to repeat the event)... while you keep the outside queen in a cage. She may not have been "the Queen" for that colony. AND, next time. mark her thorax so you'll know her next time :)

[@ThelaziaCafe]

Thanks for the advice but unfortunately after seeing Vino Farm's newest video, ive figured out my problem. Opened the hive and found what i thought was 6 very weird looking queens and 1 large laying queen. I did have a vegetable oil hive beetle trap in the top box and there were a couple dead bees that somehow managed to drown and pool up some oil. So i figured these "weird queens" were just wet from the trap. Based on a little bit of research and the comments from Vino Farm's awesome community, i can now sadly say its likely CBPV. Some say i should requeen ASAP while others say it goes away on its own and all i can really do is add in a healthy frame of brood to boost the immunity. Theres no 100% connection between varroa and bpv and ive not noticed any mites myself, so im wondering if i should also do a mite test. Other than that, any thoughts, suggestions? A lot of people telling me its the end of the hive and its doomed, and a lot of other people saying its never a big deal and only kills hives rarely.

[@FrederickDunn]

If you're getting good advice from Vino Farm, you must be on the right track. Glad they helped you out.

[@sunflowersnbluebirds7362]

I have the same one! My bait is still working from last year. The beetles mostly fly around early morning here where I am.

[@FrederickDunn]

Yes, the baits to last a long time, you get better results with a fresh bait each season, but if you still have last year's bait, it still draws in the bugs :)

[@imwade3]

I bought the one that has the bag. it works great. if I could I like not to have to use the bag.

[@danaphillips3816]

East coast hardware has for about 12.00 with shipping.

[@FrederickDunn]

That's actually a good price!! Thanks for that!

[@ryandowney9124]

Since its pretty hard to find this specific brand traps people might want to check out the Trécé Japanese Beetle trap. Same concept. Haven't used it but they're easier to find.

[@FrederickDunn]

Thanks for sharing Ryan!

[@danaphillips3816]

East coast hardware has for 4.95 and 6.95 shipping. So 12 just heads up.

[@carolc6782]

Home Depot has the traps

[@StrawberryMad6]

What do you think would be a good use of the beetles if you don't have chickens or fish? Wild birds?

[@FrederickDunn]

compost.

[@brettandrews6684]

These traps are no longer being sold. There are other variations, though. I bought this trap for $2 at Goodwill. The lures, of course, are replaceable. I'd like to cut some slots in the other two yellow fins and add another lure to see if the trap works twice as good.

[@natemorlock2379]

Awesome use of a free resource. Those chickens and fish sure seem happy to have them! I bet there's plenty of magnesium and chitin in the beetles too!

[@FrederickDunn]

When the chickens see me walking with the jar of beetles, they come running from every direction.. seasonal treat for sure. I have to feed at three separate locations so all chickens get a chance at the beetles, lots of social clicks out there!

[@Packgammon]

@@FrederickDunn Where to order such a trap now? They aren't listed on Amazon anymore.

[@FrederickDunn]

@@Packgammon I found them at Home Depot! www.homedepot.com/p/Tanglefoot-Japanese-Beetle-Xpando-Trap-Kit-300000666A/301531390?cm_mmc=Shopping%7CG%7CBase%7CAll-Products%7CAll%7CAll%7CPLA%7c71700000014585962%7c58700001236285396%7c92700010802552517&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3tihxpW73wIVEovICh2P3gDaEAkYEiABEgJy2_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

[@FrederickDunn]

@@Packgammon If you follow the Amazon link in the video description, they are still in stock :)

[@Packgammon]

@@FrederickDunn I'm not an expert but my friend tried to order it and he said that it doesn't work. And when I enter the search term "Tanglefoot Japanese Beetle Xpando Trap Kit" it finds nothing. When I click your link I see the product and on the top right it says "Deliver to Thailand" but when I click "Check if the item could be shipped to your country" it says "No data found". When I click on "Compare with similar items New (2) from $21.45" it says "There are currently no listings for this search. Try a different refinement." Not sure what's going on but it seems to me that my friend is right - it's a dead link.

[@211ssw]

I used the link provided & it went to trap looking like yours but Amazon had none (July 14, 2016) & said they don't know if or when they may be inventoried.

[@FrederickDunn]

That's terrible news, it's the best trap ever made for japanese beetles... I think the bag styles are nudging out the Tanglefoot reusable style and that's a shame!

[@ryandowney9124]

Check out the Trécé Japanese Beetle trap. Same concept. Havent used it but theyre easier to find.

[@johnmcneill923]

Gr8 stuff, m8!

[@FrederickDunn]

Thank you John

[@pamelamcnab7020]

Boy, these traps are hard to find and expensive! We are ordering them from Ladd Industries $24.95 each. Thank you, on behalf of my chickens and my plants!

[@FrederickDunn]

They have been pushed by higher profit designs that cause you to frequently buy new components. It's a marketing game and this trap has fallen off the charts.

[@kimble005]

@@FrederickDunn Here is the link I found for LADD Industries. www.laddresearch.com/organic-insect-control-products/tanglefoot-japanese-beetle-traps

[@alteregos8949]

Those beetles look to be of the same species as “Hive Beetles” just a more mature version of them. Those traps are pretty efficient and even better environmentally friendly and multi-purpose. Great demo once again sir!

[@FrederickDunn]

Thank you Alter Egos... I didn't realize they are related to the hive beetles? THAT is interesting...

[@maranscandy9350]

Wish there was a trap for twig girdlers which really damage pecan trees some years.

[@c.rutherford]

You still have to pay for the phermone lures, or do you make your own?

[@FrederickDunn]

I buy them and they last a year.

[@1768ify]

Why would you throw away the bags? I empty mine every day, and hang them back up. Still going strong after 6 weeks.

[@FrederickDunn]

I'm glad that works for yu Mike :) My dogs and chickens tear those open... I'm just sharing what I do :)

[@MyNameIsSteveYesitis]

I bought these traps yesterday and now I have several bags packed with beetles. I have no idea what to do with them. How do I dispose of them? Does anyone know? I don't have chickens or a pond unfortunately

[@FrederickDunn]

Kill them with hot water and then compost them.

[@FrederickDunn]

you can also just bury them in the garden.

[@MyNameIsSteveYesitis]

@@FrederickDunn thank you sir

[@mysticamethyst1398]

@@FrederickDunn this is exactly what I do! 👍👍👍

[@griffinbrown5056]

have you ever tried hanging a trap, sans a bottom, over the fish pond? i imagine the beetles woulf drop right into the water, straight to the waiting fish

[@FrederickDunn]

Funny you should say that Griffin... here you go :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/enK6haFulMqdp6s

[@lynnclark4208]

Surely if you look around, you can find something that works just like this. Instead of plastic bags. Great review though. Hmmmmm......

[@jabojr5171]

What do these beatles do to you bees??

[@FrederickDunn]

Nothing, but they eat the leaves off of plants that provide for bees :)

[@jabojr5171]

@@FrederickDunn Ah, I see, thank you

[@nguyenquocdutien4202]

It is out of stock on amazon and Home Depot :(

[@ryandowney9124]

Check out the Trécé Japanese Beetle trap. Same concept. Havent used it but theyre easier to find.

[@danaphillips3816]

East coast hardware online 12.00 with shipping

[@danaphillips3816]

Year too late.

[@FrederickDunn]

The problem is that it worked too wall, and is a poor business model. For the sellers, expensive disposable bags are what brings in the income. I've turned to just buying the bait and making my own traps.

[@PureBlood42]

I just set up my Tanglefoot trap today. Hahaha...your Bluegill remind me of Piranha the way they swarm those dead beetles.

[@FrederickDunn]

Hi Randall, I hope you have great success with your trap and yes, the fish are very fast and furious when it comes to beetles...

[@PureBlood42]

Frederick Dunn Thanks...I have a very small backyard, but I did find a place downwind of my strawberry plants, which are the only plants the beetles are even chewing on. What's quite strange, is that they're only eating my roses and hanging strawberry plants. I have a large raised bed of strawberries only 12 feet away from the hanging strawberries and not a single beetle will even land in the raised bed, they only want the hanging strawberries. I don't know if this is because of the height of the plants and how their sense of smell works or what. I do have 3 large ground cherry plants right next to the raised bed and ground cherry plants are poisonous, so maybe they are a deterrent? I have at least 8 different types of cucumbers on trellises, melons, pumpkins, watermelons, tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, etc...and they show no interest in feeding on any of those. What seems to be helping is that, when I was weed-trimming, I purposely left the neighbor's wild grapevines along the fence, as that's a favorite food source and they prefer the vines to pretty much anything, with my roses being a close second. I had beetles in the trap in less than an hour, so fingers crossed, hopefully I can reduce their numbers. Happy 4th!

[@brexit9279]

Beetle Juice

[@natebolton9385]

Seems the traps are completely unavailable now. However I'm keeping my eyes open and am also trying other recommendations. My plants are ornamental but one is particularly sentimental so I want to address these damn bugs.

[@FrederickDunn]

they were available at HomeDepot.com maybe check there?

[@natebolton9385]

Frederick Dunn nope. I’ve checked. Very unfortunate.

[@FrederickDunn]

@@natebolton9385 DANG... it.... IF you do find them somewhere, please post the link and I'll feature that message for others!

[@Swilli1974]

@@FrederickDunn Found one here! www.laddresearch.com/tanglefoot-japanese-beetle-traps

[@ryandowney9124]

Check out the Trécé Japanese Beetle trap. Same concept. Havent used it but theyre easier to find.

[@brendasmith5937]

Like popcorn for fish!

[@FrederickDunn]

only healthier :)

[@vencent8329]

they eat my garden i will turn them into compost

[@bellphreak4370]

What I'd miss is why. I'll guess it isn't a native species (invasive)? In what country do you live?

[@bwakel310]

BellPhreak He lives in USA.

[@TheLittleAzn]

It seems like they like to eat leaves

[@FrederickDunn]

"As the name suggests, the Japanese beetle is native to Japan. The first written evidence of the insect appearing within the United States was in 1916 in a nursery near Riverton, New Jersey."

[@FrederickDunn]

They are an invasive species, they skeletenize leaves of many plants and trees while also eating my tea roses, raspberries, and mulberries just for starters. As grubs, they eat the roots of many plants and you may notice brown patches in the lawn, or small trees being killed from beneath.

[@bellphreak4370]

It depends the country. The spread in USA seems mostly on the east side. Great trap anyhow, luring them with the proper smell! It seems that we in Europe got them too, since a few year (Italy). Hope they stay there and won't spread across Europe. We already have the Cydalima Perspectalis (box tree moth) from China, which gives major damage to the average garden.

[@gardenglory6624]

can I put the on my rose trellis to Catch these gross things that have destroyed my roses?? thank you

[@FrederickDunn]

I suggest putting them down wind of your roses for the best interception.

[@cathyfleischmann7067]

While this video potentially gives good info, without a follow up to see how many beetles it caught, it is not convincing. There should be a link in the description at the very least, or even better, the video should have ended showing how many beetles were trapped in 24 - 48 hours and how often this trap needs to be changed up.

[@FrederickDunn]

Thank you Cathy for all of that constructive criticism :) The number of beetles trapped is widely variable based on the beetle load in the vacinity of the traps. They are the best beetle luring traps I've found anywhere. I have some new designs that I'll be testing soon. But, in another area where beetle traps had not been used yet, you would expect larger numbers in the traps. The first year I put them out, my collection systems were full to the top in two days. Now the numbers are greatly reduced. Last night, I took some of the new traps to a grape vinyard 15 miles to the north. At 5 pm a trap was placed upwind of the grape vines - beetles immediatley flew from the fines/leaves and entered the trap at a continual stream. By 7 pm, the jar was full. I would not have those same results here, as the traps are in continual use. I hope that makes sense? Thanks for your question. I feed beetles to our fish nightly and our beetle numbers are waaaay down. I'm sorry you were not convinced.

[@FrederickDunn]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3WZZJKXhpmCjKs

[@cathyfleischmann7067]

Frederick Dunn thank you for your detailed reply. That’s the kind of info you should add at the end of this video or in the description notes. That info gives someone like me a lot more confidence in your traps - enough to try it now!

[@honeyrowland3983]

@@cathyfleischmann7067 these are not his traps. He only uses them after buying them years ago. His review is simply one sharing with others about a trap that is environmentally friendly and protects the garden while providing an alternate food source for his fish/chickens.

[@mysticamethyst1398]

Actually this is extremely efficient I've been doing it fir years. I wish I had a fish pond and cks tho.

[@3nigma379]

Be wary of poison sumac.

[@FrederickDunn]

That's good advice, the sumac shown is Staghorn Sumac and is a great resource for bees at different times of the year.

[@Gongdeadman]

For some reason none of the beetles are interested in the trap. 0

[@FrederickDunn]

That's interesting, maybe you don't actually have Japanese Beetles? Is there a change you're talking about another species?

[@Voltzz1982]

I couldn't find anything like that in Canada.. Not even an online store.. If someone has a suggestion, i'll gladly take it! :)

[@FrederickDunn]

VERY hard to find now, they have figured out that they don't earn enough from these long lasting units.

[@cathyfleischmann7067]

I just bought Japanese beetle traps at Home Hardware in Ontario yesterday for $10.49 each. Good results after 24 hrs. Don't remember the name of the brand though. We did cover the holes at the bottom of the plastic bag though as we saw a few beetles getting out. Significant decrease of beetles in my garden.