Paul and I are working on the Animal Care badge for the
PEP system. We're detailing out some options for people to use when attempting to mitigate/eliminate beetles. Here's our list, can you add some more ideas???
Improve diversity of plants
- Some plant species improve the strength and health of target plant
- Some plant species discourage beetles
- Some plant species draw beetles away from other species (sacrifice)
Build beetle predator habitat
Add mulch to target plant
Document plant of the same species in another spots being not bothered by pests
Bring fowl in to eat the beetles
Trap crop (grapes?) to attract beetles then shake
trellis to
feed chickens below