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Garden Insects
The term 'garden insect helpers' generally refers to insects that are beneficial as pollinators or as feeders on destructive bugs. Among the best known of the beneficial insects are the ladybird beetle, the colorful butterfly, and the busy bee. What's bugging your garden? Are there slugs in your salad greens, ants in your azaleas, bean beetles in your beans, or some other pesty insect in your garden? Insects like to eat, but gardeners are not willing to share.
1,176 Questions
How can you stop slipper slugs attacking an allotment potato crop?
I don't have any idea of how large an area is an " allotment ", but in our organic garden, our small potato patch has several pie plates with some beer in them. The slugs and other nasties love to dive right in and slurp the stuff. Then they drown.
Are all insects harmful to plants why or why not?
If by "eat" you mean digest, then yes, they do eat insects. Insectivorous plants live in poor-soil environment, so while they don't lack in photosynthetic capability, they lack in crucial minerals and other things that are found in the soil. To compensate for this, they eat insects to get the nutrition they would normally get from the soil.
One of the things I have used was taking a plastic bottle pouring some vinegar in the bottle and leaving the top a little on. If not cover with plastic food wrap and poke holes on the top the flies will be attracted to it and drown in the vinegar
What types of veggies do ladybugs eat?
Lady bugs don't eat veggies they eat other bugs that is why gardeners like them.
How do you get rid of yellow jackets in the ground?
Wet the ground and place an old carpet over the area. Leave the carpet overnight then remove it in the morning. The jackets will come to the surface and unto the carpet.
Simply turn the carpet over in the morning and the birds will feast on the jackets that are under the carpet. Use a pyrethrin dust on them in the hole very early in the am, and then run, cause they will be mad.
How do you kill sow bugs in flower garden?
I have problems with sowbugs/pillbugs in my greenhouse where they destroy young seedlings. Some people will say they are beneficial and harmless but I have watched them on plants eating them to the ground. Greenhouses are susceptible because of the high humidity. I have two methods for controling them. First I put diatomaceous earth around freshly planted seedlings. This is nontoxic to people as it is simply a silicon based fresh or salt water radiolarian which has sharp edges that irritate the bug. It is also good against slugs and snails. You have to reapply it after each watering. Get a plastic bottle applicator and puff it around the base of the plant. Second, I buy the cheapest beer possible and put it in shallow plastic containers pushed into the soil until they are ground level. The bugs and slugs are attracted to the beer (and like most good old boys), fall in and drown. You will be surprised how many dead bugs you can get in one night. I refuse to use the nuclear option inside a greenhouse because I am in there constantly and eat the produce. So avoid really toxic chemicals.
How does bug spray kill spiders?
insect spray contains chemicals (including many organophosphate compounds) that bind to and permanently block the action of an enzyme called acetylcholinesterase.
Acetylcholine (ACh) is the nerve transmitter substance released by motor neurons (at a site called the neuromuscular junction) to stimulate muscle contraction.
The muscles relax (stops contracting) when the ACh is removed from the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) by the action of acetylcholinesterase.
By inhibiting the cholinesterase the insect can no longer break down ACh in the NMJ and so its muscles lock up in a state of tetany (continuous contraction) making respiration impossible.
layman terms : its like nerve gas to an insect
[1] Remove from the environment what attracts them: crumbs, spills, standing water, uncleaned out drains, uncovered food. [2] Spray with insecticidal soap, or with the home remedy equivalent of dishwasher soapy water.
What is an insect-pollinated flower?
Any flower that is pollinated by an animal (not insect); pollinators include birds, bats, small mammals etc.
Why do snails get on top of each other?
they climb up the walls because of their slime. their slime is what keeps them from falling off of objects. and doctors use slime sometimes to numb something or they turn the slime in to numbing lotion.
Where do box elder bugs go in the winter?
I had the same question!!! I dont believe in killing anthing and ill think he will freeze outside..so i ripped off a leaf from a plant, put him on it, then put him on a fake pine tree..for hiding so hes more comfortable than hanging around on my walls..then i sprayed the tree around him with some water...IDK it made me feel better about the situation at least. Good luck
Why do bees make honey and do they eat it?
Bees don't hibernate, but if the weather is too cold they can't fly out of the hive - and in winter there would probably be no flowers anyway. So, they collect a surplus of food when there is plenty available and store it for the winter. Honey can best be described as concentrated nectar.
What is a spider with brown legs and white butt?
I'm honestly not sure. But in order to check go to these Spider- ID sites-- and even if you do not find what you are looking for you will be able to ID any other in the future--
http://venomous-spiders.nanders.dk/spiderpictures.htm
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1954
http://www.arachnology.be/pages/Pictures.html
http://www.spideridentification.org/
How do you get rid of bees in your sandbox?
Honey bees, with the exception of the Africanized version, will not attack people unless provoked or you pose a threat to the queen. The problem is that you cannot tell the difference between the two.
The best thing to do is use the old saying " If you don't bother them they will not bother you"; the swarm will move on in the morning to wherever they were going.
If they pose an immediate threat to you or someone else, first contact a bee keeper, who will capture the queen and relocate the rest. This is most desirable method since honey bees are disappearing at an alarming rate all across the country. Secondly many local governments have departments established to deal with this so contact the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for help; the third would be an exterminator.
The second and third choices will definitely end in the bees' demise, so check into humane solutions first. I have only had to destroy 2 swarms myself and they were on golf courses where they had been annoying golfers. Not a swarm per se, but a hive living in an underground valve box and feeding on rosemary blooms, harmless to everyone but the allergic and the guy who someday needs to access the valve box.
In those cases I used soapy water to soak down the hive/swarm, the soap in the water creates bubbles when they try to fly and they cannot, they fall helplessly to the ground and die, that way I was also able to salvage the honeycomb for some good eats.
If you are in the least bit allergic to bee stings do not mess with them at all. If the bees are Africanized they may attack, the same holds true even if you are not allergic. The only way to tell the bees apart is after they are dead, so side with caution.
How do you kill Japanese beetles?
Drowning, spraying and swatting are ways to kill Japanese beetles. A minor infestation may be controlled by manual removal of bodies from plant surfaces to soapy water-filled buckets. Horticultural oils against eggs and insecticidal soaps against immature and mature stages represent organic controls.
YES!! Just the farmers on the east end of Long Island. YES!! Just the farmers on the east end of Long Island.
Can ladybugs eat bread and is it safe for them to do so?
Yes, ladybugs can eat breadcrumbs, particularly if the Coccinellidae family members in question are herbivorous. Ladybugs tend to be carnivorous and to specialize in such insect pests as aphids and mealybugs. Some species will eat pollen and therefore take better to such indoor food source options as breadcrumbs.
Where do bees spend the night if they cannot get back to the hive?
They go to honey heaven! Sick bee's work 'til they fall out of the sky, or can no longer fly due to tattered and worn wings. If they make it back to the hive, they are booted (dragged) out by healthy bees, and die.
What is the name of a stinging insect?
Insects do not have 'tails'. Some have specialised structures at the end of their abdomens called ovipositors, used for laying eggs. Some species have specialised this organ even further, into stingers. Wasps, bees, hornets, and some ants, have these stinging organs.
If you are referring to a Scorpion, this is an arachnid, not an insect.
How do you get rid of the hundreds of flies in your house?
Use Insecticide.
* Make sure first they aren't breeding inside the house. * Install flyscreens on all doors and windows. If that is not possible can you isolate, say, the kitchen/ eating room?
* A ceiling fan can keep flies away from a meal table if you can't keep them outside. * Chrysanthemum plants have pyrethrum which is a natural insecticide. * My father once obtained a paint that contained insecticide. The room he painted was constantly filled with dead flies. I wonder what the fumes did to my brain.
* You can make a fly trap from an empty soft drink bottle. Several of them around the garden might help. (Cut off the top third and reverse it, so it points downwards into the base. Once flies get in they can't find their way out. Bait it with some finely ground meat in water. The meat will rot and flies will be attracted to it. They will drown in the mixture which can then be added to your garden.)
A fly light trap is the best way-assuming they are larger flies and not small gnats. they respond well to UV. It's either that or you have to space treat areas. If it is a constant problem, look for anything conducive nearby and remedy-dumpsters, etc. potential fly breeding sites. Exclusion with screens or an air curtain or even fans, outside zappers etc. are other ideas. Just mount so lights do not draw flies to the entrance(s)
What kink of fruit does a lady bug eat?
Ladybugs can eat apples, oranges and so on. Most of the time they eat ahpids... but that is outdoors. If you need fruits to feed them then feed them apples! Slice up a little apple and feed it to the ladybug! They like raisins and even honey on raisins too! Oh and they love lettuce! Absaloutley love it. Oranges are great! These are some tasty meals for a ladybug being housed or kept by humans and not outdoors!
What kind of spider is yellow with brown stripes and legs?
It is not a brown recluse. I had a spider on my front porch and i researched it and it is a type of wolf spider. But just in case... just leave it alone. If it is in fact a brown recluse or another poisonous spider it can have a nasty bite! Good luck!
Some birds, rodents and spiders may include box elder bugs [Boisea trivittata] among their 'Plan B' backup list of food sources. Specifically, the wildlife that are known to eat the bugs when food is scarce are chickens, ducks and geese; chipmunks, mice and rats; and spiders. But nobody or nothing really enjoys a box elder bug meal. In fact, the orange colors on the top of the bug's body is just that sort of warning to nature. Generally, orange or red coloring means awful smell and bad taste, in nature.
Squishing, spraying, starving, subjugating, and suffocating are ways to kill insects. Insects can be killed by flyswatters and gloved hands. They also may succumb to horticultural oils applied against their eggs, insecticidal soap and organic and synthetic treatments against their hatched and mature stages, predatory introductions of natural enemies, removal of their food sources, and suffocation in buckets of soapy water.
