Garden Pests

To remove moss from your monoblock, start by scrubbing the surface with a stiff brush and a mixture of water and dish soap to dislodge the moss. For more stubborn growth, a solution of vinegar or bleach diluted in water can be applied, but be sure to rinse thoroughly afterward. Additionally, improving drainage and sunlight exposure can help prevent moss from returning. Regular maintenance, such as cleaning and sealing the surface, will also reduce moss buildup over time.

No, all cycads are vascular plants.

It doesn't. The FTC has info on these scams at http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/05/fyi0128.shtm. Enter "Pest Repeller" in the FTC search window for more info.

The only way to get rid of the things is to cut the girdled branches off of the affected tree and burn the branch or send it to the landfill. Cut the branch just below the girdle, since the beetle will lay eggs above the girdle where the pest will hatch to eat the dead wood. I live on the east side of Tucson, AZ and the girdlers just arrived here last year. My neighbor and I only found about a dozen of them last year, but this year we have been tracking them for a month and have cut about 200 branches out of the mesquite and cat's claw trees on our two acres of land. We live in a mesquite forest, and have perhaps 80-100 trees for the little pests to attack. The various web pages say that people seldom see the beetles, but we have found six live ones in the last month. Needless to say, they were dispatched with the side of the clippers. If you have only a couple of small trees, you might try some kind of insecticide, but with a hundred trees, most of which are 50 feet tall, this is not practical for us. Be diligent with your clipping, each unclipped girdled branch could hatch 40 new beetles next fall.

There are 60 minutes in an hour

A twelfth of an hour is 5 minutes,

Three-twelfths of one hour is (3 x 5) = 15 minutes.

Three-twelfths of four hours is (4 x 15) = 60 minutes.

So, three-twelfths of 4 hours is 1 hour.

Fleas

Their predators include mostly spiders but if they live in an area that is well populated by assassin bugs, those too can take down a walking insect. Though some consider prey mantises as walking insects also, they are natural predators also.

But mostly birds.

Aphids, budworms, cutworms, earwigs, flea beetles, hornworms, leafminers, mites, spider mites, and thrips are bugs that eat petunias. The word bug either loosely designates certain arthropods (arachnids, insects, myriapods, terrestrial crabs, woodlice) or strictly references insect members of the Coleoptera order. The above-mentioned examples fit into the more liberal meaning since many animals -- including deer, rabbits, and slugs -- and pathogens -- blights, rots, viruses, and wilts -- enjoy ravaging external and internal petunia plant parts.

Yes, wood bugs eat plants. The crustaceans in question also may be called isopods, pill bugs, or roly-poly bugs. They prey upon dead and decaying animals and plants as well as upon living plants.

Worms

The main flesh of the strawberry is called the cortex.

It is to protect it from grazing animals.

Explore, feed, fight, irritate, mate, and rest are what June bugs do during the day. The insects in question (Cotinis nitida, Phyllophaga spp) favor remaining close to food and shelter sources between sunrise and sunset. To that end, they may resort to loud noises and scary charges to keep competitors and predators away.

Insecticides and pheromone traps may be used outside to control the Asian lady beetle [Harmonia axyridis], which also is called the Japanese ladybug. Inside, the controls tend to be sealing entry points and vacuuming. But these means may be supplemented by others. Research still is ongoing regarding the possible use of natural enemies. In terms of natural enemies researchers particularly are investigating the possibilities of disease carrying mites and fungi.

Aphids suck sap.

Yes, Riddex electronic pest repeller repulses squirrels (Sciuridae family). But it requires a certain range of effectiveness, beyond which it has no impact and within which other controls -- such as removing food sources and sealing cracks -- need to be implemented.

This depends on the type of compost and the moisture level of it.

It can be anything between 300 grams and 600 grams.

Worm compost or worm castings will be heavier.

Woodlice primarily feed on decomposing plant material, such as leaves and wood. They play an important role in breaking down organic matter and recycling nutrients back into the soil. They may also consume fungi and algae.

Yes, Makabuhay plants control green stink bugs. The clinging vine in question (Tinospora spp) is known as an effective, natural, organic repellent and treatment in the case of invertebrate and vertebrate farm and garden pests. Sources list as pertinent biochemistry the manufacture of alkaloids, berberine, and colombine.

Drowning, hosing, spraying, squishing, and stomping are ways for gloves-wearing gardeners to remove squash bugs from squash plants (Cucurbita spp). The insect pests in question (Anasa tristis) can be hosed or shaken into soapy water-filled buckets, raked (after succumbing to insecticides) into bags for burning, or squashed onto ground-spread newspapers (for subsequent burning).

One that is the size of the head is the smallest hole into which a mole fits. The mammal in question (Talpidae family) may be able to squeeze and wriggle into and out of tunnels which superficially appear not to accommodate mole girth and width.

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