Garden Insects

Alternative anti-histamine, baking soda, ice, and meat tenderizer packs are all options when there is no Benadryl for a yellow jacket sting. Another anti-histamine which is available and gets good results may substitute for Benadryl. Otherwise, the simple home remedies of applying packs of baking soda, ice or meat tenderizer, each for about 20 minutes, will do the trick of alleviating the more minor burning, itching, swollen reactions to the sting.

Juicy-fruited and sappy-leaved are the plants which stink bugs feed upon. The insects in question (Pentatomidae family) particularly favor applying their piercing-sucking mouthparts to the above-ground components of apple, birch, butterfly bush, catalpa, citrus, dogwood, hackberry, pear, pecan, plum, redbud, and serviceberry shrubs/trees as well as of cucumber, grape, pepper, sunflower, and tomato plants.

Odonata is the name of the order of dragonflies. It merges as members insects of the Anisoptera suborder of dragonflies and the Zygoptera suborder of damselflies. The name of the order traces its origins back to the ancient Greek οδόντoς (οδούς, odontos) for "tooth" even though damselflies and dragonflies are not unique in claiming toothed mandibles.

Deltamethrin is a neurotoxin acting primarily on the basal ganglia of the central nervous system. It causes repetitive nerve action through prolongation of sodium permeability during the recovery phase of the action potential

in neurons.

Aphids

The insect that is called a yellow jacket in the US is called a wasp in the UK, so they are the same. Having said that, there are about 75,000 known species of wasp with widely varying body forms and habits.

You can get rid of sand gnats by treating the area with product such as permethin. An exterminator can also help to rid sand gnats with proper treatment.

Fungal diseases, parasitic mites and humansare the predators of the Harlequin ladybug [Harmonia axyridis]. This particular ladybug also is called the Asian or Japanese lady beetle. But its manners are far from ladylike. It's an aggressive pest of its ladybug colleagues and of grapes. Unfortunately, many predators are stopped by the Harlequin ladybug's colors. Orange and red tend to warn potential predators away from foul smelling and tasting food sources.

A week to several months is the length of time that clover mites live indoors. The range occurs because of clover mite life cycles and natural histories and because of environmental conditions, such as occupant hostility or tolerance, predatory presences, and temperature levels. The arachnids in question (Bryobia praetiosa) pass through each of five stages, from eggs through larvae and two nymphal phases to adulthood, within a month for clover mites hatched between spring and fall.

Those miniscule moths are most probably aphids, the bane of all gardeners. You can introduce a natural aphid predator such as ladybugs and attract them by planting fennel or dill. You can spray your plants with neem oil for an organic solution. You can also make a spray yourself by mixing in one quart of water 1TBS vegetable oil and two or three drops of any non-bacterial liquid soap. Hose plants first to remove aphids then apply spray. Hope this helps!

Thanks for the help, but I'm sure they aren't aphids. They are moths the size of poppy seeds.

Ladybugs bees and ladybeetles Anything that pollinats or eats parasites.

An effective method of eradicating scale is to thoroughly spray the plant with a solution of 1 part rubbing alcohol, 5-8 parts water, and a squirt of dish soap. Thoroughness is key. Repeat the treatment as necessary.

I've had this problem for years. I had to get rid of some of the plants, but unfortunately, other plants had been infected and the battle would carry on. Recently I was told to use a solution of the 1 table spoon of NSP ll-purpose concentrated cleaner in a pint of water. It's biodegradable chemical-free formula is safe to use even on babies. l I sprayed the plant thoroughly, making sure to cover both sides of the leaves as well as the stalk. It seems to have done the job! The stickiness is gone. I looked at the reverse side of the leaves and the colony of scales there became dark brown and lifeless.

I wouldn't worry about killing it with poison. If you're putting a garden bed there, then the soil should be ripped up/cultivated anyway, so just rip it up when you turn the soil. Im no expert, but it's what i would do. Using poison cant be good for the future flowers either!

Bees can fly from the hive any time in daylight, provided it is warm enough. They really want the air temperature to be higher than about 14 degrees C to stay away from the hive for any period of time.

Snout beetle is sometimes used for the common pantry types routinely found inside homes. If that is the case read below article for information. there are some outdoor varieties, like the Eucalyptus snout beetle but they would just be a rare occasional intruding type pest and are not known to infest homes.

Milkweed bug

One of the easiest methods I have discovered for killing yellow jackets is very effective. Here is what you will need:

# a glass baking dish, a 9" pie dish works great # 1/2 cup honey # 1/4 cup liquid dish soap

Pour the honey and soap evenly into the baking dish, set it near the infestation and check it in a couple of days.

The yellow jackets, and other bees, will be attracted to the honey and will get stuck in the soap. Eventually they will die from being unable to move. When the dish is full of yellow jackets, spray the dish off with a hose and repeat the process.

trying to control pests with chemical

A 'ghost' is what many male gnats intent upon mating are called.

The Carpenter Bee bores into wood to make galleries for the rearing of its young.

Snails don't change their shells. Unlike crustaceans, molluscs like snails keep the same shell throughout their lifetime. The shell is formed from secretions from the snails mantle, the flesh under the shell, and some snails (such as the giant African snails kept as pets) can be seen running their mouths along the edge of their shells, to build up another layer on the shells lip.

The stripes that make up the pattern of a snails shell are the result of different compositions of shell material at different times.

You get a emty plastic can, dig the ground and stick the can in the soil. Eventually, the beetle will fall, than, it's yours.