Coworker says smashing Japanese beetles will attract more? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by drhugsymcfur@lemmy.world to c/gardening@lemmy.world

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Hello,

I recently had a coworker mention, " You can't just smash Japanese beetles because it will only attract more through a pheromone they release when dying."

Is this actually a thing or is he misremembering some old gossip's tale?

Thanks, DrHugsyMcFur

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[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

I think I remember something about other insects that may get triggered to attack when one is killed. (I am not really sure though. It might have to be a stingy-type insect, but I couldn't Google anything about it.)

[-] essteeyou@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Sounds like some wasp shit to me. Maybe ants. I haven't looked any of this up, but that's my guess.

[-] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Bees do that. I once helped a bee keeper by holding a ladder so he could get the runaway queen out of a tree. There were so many bees, but i kept calm so they leave me alone. One of them stung me in my baseball cap and suddenly i had to book it, because all the vees were suddenly after me. I got stung like 5 times or so. I only later found the stinger and some bee ass in my hat later.

Also fun fact, getting stung in the eyelid is very uncool.