(viola) — violets alone are the host plant for their larvae. The caterpillars hatch in the autumn, but stay hidden in leaf litter until the following spring when violets are freshly growing.Caterpillarsare black with reddish-orange knobs that give rise to black spines. They are secretive and...
Dragonflies (maybe Common Green Darner, Anax junius) around the pond, leaf-footed bugs (family Coreidae, below bottom right) and spittlebugs (superfamily Cercopoidea) on the Huacatay, a jumping spider (family Salticidae, below top right), a Potter wasp (Eumenes fraternal, below, top left)...
Tansyis a real draw to pest-eating bugs such as ladybugs, ladybirds, and predatory wasps. At the same time, tansy repels many typical baddies, such as cutworm, which attacks asparagus, bean, cabbage, carrot, celery, corn, lettuce, pea, pepper, potato, and tomato plants. Tansy is a per...
What are the groups of flat grey-white bugs on the underside of the leaves of my Cavolo Nero? Cabbage whitefly look unpleasant, but do not usually do much damage to a plant. Tolerate them as far as possible, and wash off prior to eating. ...
The larvae drop to the ground and live among fallen leaves, eating the leaf litter. You usually don’t see the larvae or pupa. You will only notice them when they emerge as adults to eat your potato plants. More on The Colorado Potato Bug – What They Look Like and Getting Rid of ...
Learn how to safely and naturally deal with common garden pests, plant diseases, weeds and other problems that can wreak havoc on your garden.
Along the same lines, birds do not have the same appreciation for a tidy garden that many humans do. If you skip the deadheading and leave leaf litter on the ground, the birds will have a lot more to eat; seedpods and overwintering bugs are perfect calorie-dense food sources forbirds ...
Virginia Waterleaf and Wild Sarsparilla slowly filled this area completely in; the only parts that stay open are the little path where we walk to the garage door, and a little path by the canoe (behind the rain barrel). The rest is completely full of lush green plants, and they ...
I have grouped them as such. The thick leaf hoya plants can dry out a bit longer then the thin or more paper thickness in the leaves types. Also the bigger pots will take longer to dry out then the tiny pots. So I keep all the tiny pots together. I drain any water that collects ...
problems, along with killing various garden pests. It's safe to use indoors or outside and can be used year-round. Some insect pests it protects your raised garden planter boxes from include aphids, leafhoppers, leafminers, armyworms, beetles, caterpillars, Japanese beetles, whiteflies and ...