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Bug Blog Archives for 2010 June

We mentioned in our last weblog entry that we were celebrating the arrival and availability of the summer beetles. Specifically we mean a brand new generation of our ladybugs (Hippodamia convergens) is being collected as I write this. In honor of this we hinted that we might just have a sale. Well, we are. Enjoy.

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Independence Day — the fourth of July — will soon be upon us. For us it’s always been a demarcation line of sorts. Being that for years our customers have been almost exclusively of the commercial plant-growing variety, the season would slow down for them, sales of plants done, and the season would consequentially slow down for us, too. Now, however, between parks and other institutions, interiorscapers, and more home gardeners finding us on the web than ever before (those sold plants are now in their, your, hands, perhaps), our season has been extended right through to the end. And we’re with you all the way. But first, here are two important announcements.

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Last week we told you about one expert’s observations of the beetle Atheta coriaria — useful against several soil pests like fungus gnats — and we promised we’d put them on sale to further encourage you to try them out. Well, we’ve put this promise into action, now offering a limited-time sale of these predators. Check ‘em out now and save.

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Once a week we get a report from Brian Spencer of Applied Bio-nomics Ltd. in British Columbia (Canada). It’s mostly inside news for us and their other world-wide distributors, but we occasionally share a tidbit or two if it’s interesting or generally helpful. This one falls into the interesting category, but could prove helpful for some if serving as motivation to try something new. It concerns the soil-dwelling predator Atheta coriaria.

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