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Bug Blog Archives for “June, 2009”
Aphid Midges On Sale
If your weather has been nice like ours up here in new England has been, and if you have trees or tall greenhouse crops like tomatoes that can get aphids, then you may be happy to know we’ve put our popular and very effective aphid midges, Aphidoletes aphidimyza, on sale. Most people think of using midges in the greenhouse, but they really are number one for aphid control in orchards and trees.
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How to Release Ladybugs, or Not
Back in the mid-nineties we were approached by a major television network’s gardening show staffers. They were going to do a segment on “beneficial insects” but knew nothing about the subject. They needed a few good bugs, some ladybugs (Hippodamia convergens), specifically, and whole lot of advice. We provided both in generous quantities, unfortunately while one was coveted (the bugs), the other eschewed; our advice wasn’t followed.
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