Press Herald quotes Dill in Maine Gardener column
Jim Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for the article, “Taking stock of a fruitful summer in the garden,” the latest column in the Maine Gardener series. After having no problems with Japanese beetles in this summer’s garden, the author reached out to Dill to ask if the tachinid fly, whose eggs appear as white dots on the back of the beetles, was finally controlling the pests. “We believe it is doing some control,” Dill said. “Plus most of the lawn damage that used to be due to Japanese beetles is now being done by the European chafer.” He added that in many places gardeners reported the Japanese beetles were as bad as ever, the article states.