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Ladybugs..
Favorite food
is aphids, but also devour mites, thrips, scale, and many other
soft bodied insects while adding attractive color to the garden.
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Green
Lacewings...
Larvae are called
"Aphid Lyons" because they can eat 1,000 aphids a day!
They also consume soft-bodied insects such as mealy bugs, whitefly
larvae, mites, etc.
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Crytpolaemus...
Are little beetles
that just love to eat mealy bugs, both juveniles and adults.
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Green
Lacewings...
Eat mealy bugs
along with many other soft-bodied insects
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Decollate
Snails...
Attack and kill
the common brown garden snail. Eats snail eggs and juvenile snails.
Decollate Snails stay mostly out of sight.
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Beneficial
Nematodes...
Will hunt down
and kill gnat larvae that live in the soil. It is applied by spraying
with water.
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Beneficial
Nematodes...
Will seek out
the larvae of these beetles, penetrate their body cavities, and
kill them.
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Nematodes...
Attack over 230
kinds of soil dwelling pests including many species of white grubs.
They enter the body of the grub and infect it with a bacteria that
kills it. They are completely harmless to people, pets, and plants.
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Predatory
Mites...
Are adult mites
that seek out and kill pest mites, particularly common spider mites
and two spotted mites.
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Trichogramma...
Are tiny parasites
that lay their eggs inside caterpillar and moth eggs.
The Trichogramma eggs hatch, feed on the pest eggs which kills them,
then emerge as adults to continue the cycle.
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Trichogramma...
Kill the hornworms
by injecting their egg into the hornworm eggs.
The Trichogramma hatch and feed on the hornworm eggs which breaks
their life cycle.
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Delphastus...
Are voracious beetles
that eat white fly eggs and larvae.
They are applied as adults and begin working immediately. May be used
with Encarsia Formosa.
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Encarsia
Formosa...
Very tiny parasites
that kill many varieties of white fly by laying their eggs
into the white fly larvae (called scale). May be used with Delphastus.
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Green
Lacewings...
Larvae help control
whitefly by piercing the body of the whitefly scale and withdrawing
the fluids.
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Beneficial
Nematodes...
Can kill fleas
that live outdoors by seeking out the flea larvae in the soil and
killing them.
They are applied by spraying with water into the ground.
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Aphytis
Melinus...
An effective parasite
that lays from 1 to 2 eggs into the scale. The eggs hatch and
feed on the problem scale killing it.
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Praying
Mantids...
Are all-purpose
guardians of the garden because they eat anything that moves. Because
they stay where they hatch, they can be used before pests arrive.
They can even be kept as pets.
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Earth
Worms & Earth Worm Castings...
The California
Red Wigglers burrow 24 hours a day getting oxygen to plant roots
and break down organic material into plant nutrients. The castings
are loaded with nutrients that are released slowly and can't burn
roots.
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