Garden Insects

Yes, vinegar kills ground-dwelling larvae known as sod webworms even though no, it does not do so for tree-dwelling webworms known as tent caterpillars. Sod webworms also may be controlled by such home remedies as insecticidal soaps and soapy water. Organic and non-organic insecticides generally require two or three applications in order to make sure that eggs and hatchlings are eliminated.

possible in minute quantities but no more then anything else

A spider which has made it's home across half of my bedroom window (kudos for effort, spider!) caught a shield bug yesterday. It wrapped it up and dragged it to the top of the web which was out of my view, so whilst I am unsure if it actually ate it, it certainly had a go.

There are a couple of ways to get rid of flies while barbequing and eating outside. You can spray yourselves with fly repellant to help get rid of the flies. You can also use citronella candles to get rid of insects.

Jerusalem cricket, and red belly snakes. just some of the things that eat sowbugs.

No, fire beetles are a type of beetle that does not bite. They are named as such because they are attracted to fire and need it to breed.

Encouraging natural enemies, excluding female box elder trees (Acer negundo), and growing strong-scented plants are natural ways of eliminating box elder bugs (Boisea trivittata) outdoors. Sealing cracks and fissures and vacuuming colonies off walls are natural ways of eliminating them indoors.

I don't know for sure there is a "queen stink bug" but I seen one at work today we were calling the "queen". It was twice as large as a normal stink bug (brown marmorated beetle) with larger wings, longer legs, longer antennae, but the feature that stuck out the most was a shell-like bit that stuck out in the middle of it's body and had a center row of spikes going down the middle of it. Also, it had a long black "feeder" (or sucker, I'm not an etymologist so I don't know the proper terminology) sticking out of it's "mouth" that was black and curled under it's head. It was big, and gross and when one of my coworkers kicked it, something red came out of it's hind-end and then retracted back inside. I'm 99% sure it was a stink bug, and if it was, it was certainly a bigger, badder version.

Position themselves under cover is the action that ladybugs take while it rains. The insects in question (Coccinellidae family) may remain atop leaves in the briefest and slightest of rainfalls since they have no problems navigating dew-laden blades and leaves. They will return to the type of habitat that most guarantees hatching and resting whenever stress or weather so demands: the undersides of leaves.

Nematodes are one of the preferred natural ways of killing fleas. They are great for getting rid of infestations in your yard. Basically, they're little worms that kill bugs. They are microscopic, and they can't live in people because our body temperature is too high. They burrow into bugs, mainly earth-dwelling ones, and kill them as part of their life cycle. They also don't damage your plants or anything else in your yard, and they naturally occur in most parts of the world. You can order them online and put a higher concentration in your yard, and it will reduce the population of fleas there without relying on any chemicals.

Depending on the species, a worker honey bee is between 13 and 17 mm long.

Bees collect nectar for food. Because raw nectar would not store for very long without fermenting, bee convert the surplus of nectar they collect into honey to use as food when nectar is not available. It is this surplus honey that we collect. Beekeepers then replace the honey with sugar syrup which, for the bees, is just as good.

certain species of ants use aphids similar to how humans use cows: they lead them to graze and collect a liquid discharge the aphids excrete from their abdomen. ants also protect aphids from harm similarly to how humans keep their livestock safe from harm.

If a hive loses the queen suddenly the workers will be aware of this quite quickly (within a couple of hours) as the queen pheromone dissipates. They will repond to this by making emergency queen cells on the comb over recently-laid eggs or young larvae and will feed them with royal jelly. This will produce new queens to replace the old one.

If they are unable to do this because there are no eggs or larvae, or only drone eggs and larvae, the colony will die out as the current generation of workers dies. The average life span of a worker in summer is about six weeks.

I do not think it is a spider (Arachnid) (8 legs). I think it is an insect (6 legs). It can JUMP very high and far. They are scary- sometimes grey colored to blend in to backgrounds, difficult to catch/kill - They live in cool dry places and are seen in the Summer and Spring. They are found under decks and in basements. I can not look this up on the Internet as the pictures would scare me. :)

trantula

Case or shell dependant on the insect other names may apply.

Their blood starts to burn off their body and some times their pigments may leak off (I tried this on a ladybug)

head, turso, stomach

Head, Thorax (where the legs come out), and Abdomen (houses digestive parts and reproductive parts)

Yes, yellow jacket stings itch. The insects in question (Dolichovespula spp, Vespula spp) lay claim to lance-like stingers with small barbs whose venom provokes potent reactions in vulnerable individuals. Females may leave susceptible people with itching, swollen patches -- and more if repeated stinging is engaged in.

ladybugs live on just about every continent. except for Antarctica of course,for it is much too cold. :)

sounds like a bee to me