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[IBC] BENEFICIAL INSECTS - Least-toxic controls
And another good link for beneficial insects.
http://www.metrokc.gov/hazwaste/hous.../goodbugs.html The reason I started to look for these was that my trees are suddenly swarming with little fast-moving, red mites. I was pretty sure, since they were darting around like crazy that they were predatory mites (plant sucking mites are SLOOOOOW moving) but I wanted to check. They're good bugs!!! However, look as I can, except for a little whitefly on my privet (what's new?), and a batch of aphids on an as-yet-unknown shrub I dug last fall from my swamp, I haven't found what they're eating. It may be a new hatch and they'll disperse elsewhere. I have had a few large scale on some of my azalea, but I don't think they are food for these little things. The scale is easily squishable, through. BTW, for you folks in OZ, there are a lot of good bug pages by various educational institutions (look for U of Queensland pages) down there. Here in the USA, look for pages from the Univ. of VA, U of FLA, U. of Mass. Conn. U, U of Iowa, and others. These are all land-grant schools with big Ag. department and state extension headquarters. As usual, when I find a new hatch of some tiny creepy-crawly, I get all scratchy feeling, though I don't find any on me. ;-) Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry David Thoreau - Walden ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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