Japanese beetles

I came outside on Saturday to find Japanese beetles attacking my basil and pepper plants on the deck. It didn't seem like they had found the plants in the garden box yet and I didn't want to give them the opportunity. A quick trip to Southern States and $20 later, I had a bag-a-bug trap just for these pests. It's built on the principle of pheremone attraction. The scent attracts the bugs to the trap where they fall down into an hourglass shaped bag that keeps them from getting out.