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Bug Blog Archives for “October, 2010”
Order Orchard Mason Bees Now for 2011
We don’t actually offer orchard mason bees, Osmia lignaria, in our catalog — we used to back in 1999 to 2004 — and we don’t offer them online, yet it has been brought to my attention that I should announce that folks should order them now if they want them for 2011. Confused?
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Hypos for Sale in the Fall, Again
Last year we spoke of some new information indicating that our soil-dwelling predatory mite species, Hypoaspis miles, might be useful against spider mites when used in the fall — in addition to their well-documented impact on fungus gnats and thrips. Since this is still new information we’re encouraging testing this year as well, and doing so by having an H. miles sale for a limited time.
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We Want Your Stories…
Or your anecdotes, experiences, successes, failures, or even your testimonials. In other words we want to hear from you. We always want these things, but at this time of the year when a large part of our focus goes into next year’s catalog, coming up with articles is harder than ever. That’s where you come in. In a nutshell, share with us so that we may share with others. In the end we will all benefit.
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Encarsia Sale
Are you firing up your greenhouse or closing one up to the outdoors for the winter? You might want to release some Encarsia formosa, a popular greenhouse whitefly parasitoid. Please bear in mind that E. formosa is useful against the so-called greenhouse whitefly species, Trialeurodes vaporariorum, only and not other known species, and it works best if used preventively. But if that’s where you’re at now, you can save some money in the process.
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