JAPANESE BEETLE TRAP

Materials Required:

2 Two liter plastic soda bottles w/lids
12 Inches of thin wire
Some duct tape
Bait

Look at one of the two liter bottle and picture it as square, with four sides. Cut a hole two inches wide by seven inches long on each of the four sides of the bottle, or if it's easier for you, just cut two opposing holes of a slightly larger size. Next drill or punch a hole dead center in the bottom of the bottle, 1/8" in diameter. Make a hook in one end of the wire and approximately 2 inches up from the bottom of the hook make a large curl or circle in the wire to keep the hook from sliding up to the bottom of the bottle. now slip the wire through the hole in the side of the bottle and pass the wire through the hole in the bottom and the bait hangs about 2" below the bottom of the bottle, when you hold the wire with the bottle upside down.   Now take the 2 lids and either drill or cut a 5/8 inch hole in the tops.   Next, using a hot glue gun, glue the tops together so that you can screw a bottle in each top.   The bottom bottle must not have holes in it.   Use the wire to tie the trap to a tree limb or Shepard's hook at least 20 feet from the plants you are trying to protect, but not more than 30 feet away. When the trap is full, just screw the bottom bottle out of the bottom lid and replace it with a new bottle.   If you saved some extra lids, put one on the full bottle and throw it in the garbage. 

BAIT:

Fruit cocktail in a sack made from the toe of a nylon stocking or from the toe some panty hose makes an excellent lure container and the fruit cocktail is a good bait.
You can purchase an excellent sex lure in most hardware stores or discount stores.   We store our baits in a canning jar over the winter and have been able to use them for several years before requiring new bait.   If you warm the jar, place the baits inside and screw the top on tightly, it seals as it cools, keeping the baits like new.