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We try to garden organically and to plant to attract and sustain wildlife and beneficial insects. Our neighbor loves roses, so Japanese beetles will always be present. I crush the grubs I find while digging/planting, and few of our plants interest the adults. But the perennial hibiscus is having a harder time each year with the Japanese beetles; this year it again put on nice new growth and flowered beautifully, but the blasted beetles have virtually skeletonized the foliage. What can I do to reduce/control the Japanese beetles that won't harm the ladybugs, bees, butterflies, etc. who are thankfully regulars in the garden now? I've heard mixed reviews on milky spore, and fear that anything I spray for the adult beetles will also harm the beneficials, which I definitely don't want to do. Any advice will be appreciated, and thanks-
Ruth
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