Garden Insects

the first 2? if so its ok.

Many plants in the convulvulacea family are called morning glories. Most are treated as perennials in mild climates and as annuals in cold climates, so treatment in the fall varies by climate. If you are in a mild climate, you can cut the vines back in the fall to encourage new growth in the spring. In a median or colder climate leave the plants alone in the fall and see if they re-emerge in the spring. In any climate, its important to clean up the leaf litter from around the base of the plant to prevent fungus spores from overwintering and infecting the plant in the spring.

Bright or dark, 0.0007407532 ounces (0.021 grams), 0.04 inches (1.016 millimeters) thick, and 0.138 inches (3.5052 millimeters) long and wide are the respective color, size and weight of ladybugs. Colors can be black, dark brown, orange, pink, red or yellow in terms of the body coloration. Spots may be black or dark brown, bright orange or red, or non-existent.

The effect of junk foods is two fold- you're consuming something "negative" that's high in saturated and trans-fat, sodium, cholesterol, processed sugars and empty calories while replacing something that would have provided nutrients that could have benefitted you. So the junk food could be contributing to poor cholesterol levels, high blood pressure and increased insulin sensitivity, while increasing your risk for a heart attack, stroke, and diabetes, among others. If you also consider that most junk food is calorically-dense (that is, a very small amount contains a very large number of calories), junk food would also contribute to obesity and related health complications. At the same time, you've missed out on the benefits of fruits, vegetables, lean protein and whole grains that you would have otherwise eaten, increasing your risk for cancer, along with missing the opportunity to help your cholesterol levels, blood pressure and the like, further increasing your risk for heart attack, stroke and diabetes.

Yes. Peppermint, although it has a pleasant aroma and taste to humans, is naturally disliked by many insects, including mosquitoes, fleas, ants and flies.

Some suggestions for using it as an insect repellent include strategic placement of cotton balls soaked in peppermint oil, topical application on the body, or the use of various concoctions containing peppermint oil that can be sprayed over a broader area.

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At the local level, a Fast Africanized Bee Identification System (FABIS) test can be performed. Starting with a sample of 50 to 100 bees, 10 bees are randomly sorted. The right wing is removed from each and mounted on microscope slides, and the average wing length is calculated. If the average wing length is over 9mm, the bees are European Honey Bees. If the average wing length is under 9mm, the bees are suspect Africanized Honey Bees. They are only suspect AHB because there are some Egyptian Honey Bees in the county that are a domesticated bee but are slightly smaller that the EHB. Some EHB are also slightly smaller than usual. The FABIS test is like the TB skin test. If the test is negative, you do not have TB. If the test is positive, you might have TB but need a more sophisticated test to be sure. If there is a need to know for certain that the sample is AHB or not, e.g., a multiple stinging incident or death, the sample is sent to the California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) for further testing. They can perform either a DNA, or complete morphometrics test. The DNA test compares the DNA from the sample to known DNA standards to determine whether the bees are AHB or not. This test can be done on a small sample size but not if the bees were killed with certain pesticides. The chemicals used to kill the bees interfere with the test. Complete morphometrics can be used when the sample is contaminated with pesticides. Complete morphometrics is a series of very precise measurements of various parts of the bees in the sample. Some involve lengths of specific body parts, some involve the angles of wing veins. These measurements are then averaged and compared to a standard. A complete morphometrics test requires a larger sample size than the DNA test. Both tests are quite accurate and are considered the final word in AHB determination.

Ladybugs actuallly eat other bugs, such as mites, and aphids.

They eat any small bugs such as scales

It could be scale insects.

Removal of boxelder trees is a way to keep boxelder bugs out of gardens. The boxelder tree (Acer negundo) represents the main food and host plant for the insects in question (Boisea trivittata). Its absence from the garden serves as a main deterrent to boxelder bug presences.

By Gunite I assume that you were told you have a gunite pool, The gunite part is the foundation of the pool and does not require watering. The surface which is plaster over the top of the gunite needs water. If you just had your pool replastered in the last couple of days it is critical to fill it with water so the plaster can dry. If your plaster is older and been under water before a few days is not going to hurt. Although you do want to get it full of water as soon as possible. Kenny Kummer Brody Chemical

Ants will eat ladybugs, all the ladybugs..while ladybugs are eating afids the ant is eating ladybugs, because the ants somewhat farm the afids for the afids leave droppings that are a food source to ants. So the ant will protect the afids.

No, snow gnats are not fictional when the reference is to the wingless insects that may be seen moving around ice and snow. Another, more common way of referring to them is as snowflies (Chionea valga, Scoliocentra nigrinervis). Common examples of the ice- and snow-tolerant insect range from craneflies (Tipulidae family) to springtails (Collembola spp) and winter gnats (Trichocera hiemalis).

To travel with oar-like rear-legs over the water's surface without sinking is a way in which water boatmen use surface tension. Surface tension reflects the elastic film-like, tightly-packed, uppermost watery level which forms from a series of positive hydrogen sides of one molecule attracting negative oxygen sides of another and which thereby lets heavier objects float and move.

A carnivorous plant is the type of plant that eats bugs. Plants such as butterworts and sundews, corkscrews, flytraps and waterwheels and pitcher plants trap bugs in order to meet nutrient needs that are lacking in the poor soils where they generally grow. The first widely-circulated research on the subject of carnivorous plants was Insectivorous Plants by English naturalist Charles Robert Darwin (Feb. 12, 1809-April 19, 1882).

Depending on usage and care, the gasket will need replacing every now and then, and occasionally some new manufacturers will come and go, leaving the consumer with no options. The old style hissing models of the past are gone; today's new, modern pressure cookers are very quiet, totally safe and reliable The modern pressure cooker has many new features that were not available on the older model, and now the cooking cycle can be safely interrupted to add additional ingredients, or stopped at anytime.

Ancient Egyptian Tomb

no lady bugs are predators and they eat mites, white flies, and scale insects not just aphids, just think of a insect that is killing your garden and a ladybug will probably eat that

During the winter a box elder bug [Boisea trivittata] is capable of saving itself. It gets its name from its presence on box elder trees [Acer negundo], which really are maples. As temperatures drop, the bugs seek cracks and crevises in vegetation such as shrubs and trees. They also seek entry ways into the ground and into such structures as buildings, garages, and houses. They're just looking for places that are warm and sheltered from the cold and from disturbance.

5 to 20 years so dont freeze one bee cuase they will sting you.