JB's are bypassing the most vigorous pole bean in the garden (Jembo Polish); eating mostly just the flowers of the white-flowered runner bean; and attacking Fortex so badly that they may kill some, despite my best efforts. They will attack a soybean, and leave the adjacent pole bean alone... then in another location, attack Zebrina flowering mallow & leave the adjacent soybeans alone. There doesn't seem to be any pattern (other than their fondness for flowers, and for tall plants) and their preferences change occasionally. I put out 3 beetle bag traps & have caught literally thousands... but nothing seems to help. They are really bad this year; I'll have to treat the lawn with Milky Spore, or next year the beetles will be intolerable.
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