Thanks you guys, I meant to ask what means I could use to keep populations down without using a lot of pesticides . Fortunately , this was the only one and your method worked like a charm .
The thing is ,and I know its probably just a coincidence , this was the only Velutina that bloomed for me . This one out of a zillion Velutinas ! If you look in my pic you can still see the damaged leaf edges left by this crazy , fuzzy monster .
Now , I'm not saying that fuzzy beetle saliva is a bloom catalyst . I just mean that there is a lot out there that we don't understand yet and I'm gettin more beetles .
