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A Guide for Buying & Using Beneficial Insects
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BENEFICIAL INSECTS Getting Started Ladybugs Lacewings Fly Parasites Trichogramma Praying Mantis Predatory Mites Whitefly Parasites Mealybug Destroyer Beneficial Nematodes  This site is brought to you by www.PlanetNatural.com |
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Garden Articles There are few endeavors as rewarding as growing your own garden organically. Not only do you get to enjoy the fruits of your own hard work, but you have the comfort of knowing that the food you and your family are eating is grown without synthetic herbicides, pesticides, or toxic chemicals. The garden articles provided in this section are loaded with practical techniques and common sense solutions to help you get started. Enjoy!Beneficial Insects in Your Backyard - Using insects to control pests is becoming more popular as home gardeners look for ways to protect the environment. This is an idea whose time has come. However, to be successful, you'll need to follow some guidelines. Natural Born Pest Killers - Home owners are slicing up cucumbers instead of spraying Bug-Be-Gone because they don't want toxic chemicals in their homes or in their garden sheds. There is growing evidence that synthetic pesticides pose a health risk to humans and animals. Early History of Biological Control - The recorded history of biological control dates back to Egyptian records of 4,000 years ago, where domestic cats were depicted as useful in rodent control. Beneficial Insects and Other Arthropods - Beneficial insects are categorized broadly as either predators or parasites. Adult or immature stages of insect predators, or both, actively search out and eat prey insects. What is Biological Control? - Many centuries ago, Chinese farmers observed that ants were helping to control insect pests in their citrus orchards by feeding on caterpillars, beetles, and leaf-feeding bugs. Garden Insects: Know Your Friends & Foes - Why is it when 97% of the world's insects are considered to be either beneficial or harmless, your garden attracts only the remaining 3% - PESTS? Although it may seem this way, there are both "good" and "bad" insects in your yard. Attracting Beneficial Insects - Attracting and maintaining a population of beneficial insects is important to managing pests in your garden with a minimum of pesticide sprays. Good Bugs Gone Bad - When a plague of tree-climbing aphids afflicted pecan orchards in the southeastern United States in the 1970s, federal biologists released a tree-climbing ladybug from Asia to devour them. The multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) did a superb job. All About Ladybugs - Warm weather has brought out the bugs. You may have noticed aphids on the new growth of your roses or swarms of white flies on your geraniums. Instead of reaching for the spray can, try alternative solutions that are more environmentally sound. Growing A Healthy Garden - A healthy, diverse garden will also attract beneficial insects, such as dragonflies, ladybugs, lacewings, syrphid flies, and "mini wasps," which feed on pests. |
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