They’d infested the top half of my young cherry willow tree before I’d even noticed. They’re the worst insect I’ve ever encountered. They never end.

Several squirts of dish soap into a water spray bottle I had used on the cats. Shook the hell outta it until it was all suds, and headed to war.

Grabbed a ladder and thoroughly soaked them all. Each branch, each leaf, each beetle and every beetle. At 9:30pm at night. With only a street lamp to guide me.

Afterward I picked a leaf that was covered and brought it inside to see how my chemical warfare had played out.

They’re all dead ☠️

They killed another of my smaller trees last year. Never again.

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