The sign on the front door of the Copps Food Center on Aberg Avenue says it all: “Bug spray is located in Aisle 11.”
Gardeners, walkers, runners and golfers alike are being bugged this summer by swarms of irritating insects. Besides being bitten by mosquitoes, horse flies and black flies, city residents are also contending with an onslaught of Japanese beetles devouring their plants.
Quoted: UW-Madison entomologist Phil Pellitteri