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Japanese beetles have been devouring my basil, and so today I am researching how to deal with the situation in a way that will keep the basil fit for human consumption. By far the most appealing solution is to get a couple of guinea fowl, who eat Japanese beetles. The least appealing solution is to go out into the garden every morning and knock the beetles off the plants into a jar of soapy water or kerosene to kill them. The compromise solution, I think, will be to get carnivorous nemotodes that attack the grubs. The nemotodes, rather than directly eating the grubs, inject the grubs with a bacteria that the nemotodes then suck back out of the grubs as the numbers of bacteria multiply.

I must confess a part of me wonders if this is really such a good idea. Shades of Tremors...

"so you think you can dance"

You tell 'em, tribal girl!!!

(I did see one of my troupe mates seated in the foreground as the Ukranians filed off, that was nice)