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[MrsMistyReal]

Good night sweet dreams everyone

 

[pennyJo1960]

Goodnight misty I love the lion

 

[pennyJo1960]

That's all I need....New Castle's disease.

Sorry to hear about the aphids, penny. I'll send you a jar of the bleepin Japanese beetles that we have here. Not only are they sure death on aphids but they love human blood also!

you can keep your beetles please do not want them here
dish soap and water kill aphids

 

[perchie.girl]

first time I heard of Newcastle was in the early eighties.... Birds flying up from Mexico were being blamed.... I am so glad I dont have any chickens right now.... sigh

 

[pennyJo1960]

Nock on wood we are free of those things just need to keep our loops clean and closed

 

[Latestarter]

I'll send you a jar of the bleepin Japanese beetles that we have here. Not only are they sure death on aphids but they love human blood also!

Do you mean the Lady Bugs? The Jap beetles I know about eat roses like they're candy. and many other plants as well... They are very destructive.

 

[drumstick diva]

Why don't bugs eat dandelions, crab grass etc and be heroes, instead of garden nightmares?

 

[Alaskan]

I like dandelions. .


yummy, free, and ya know what? I grow lots every year with zero effort

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Feeds the bees too al

 

[NotAFarm]

Sorry to hear about the aphids, penny. I'll send you a jar of the bleepin Japanese beetles that we have here. Not only are they sure death on aphids but they love human blood also!

Do you mean the Lady Bugs? The Jap beetles I know about eat roses like they're candy. and many other plants as well... They are very destructive.

There are "native lady bugs" and "Asian lady beetles/bugs" here. The Asian lady bugs were imported to deal with aphid populations and "went rogue". They will bite humans, unlike the native ones, and are a bit larger, more orangeish. I don't have a problem with them other than they try to "hibernate" in our attic and barn and stink when they die.

Japanese beetles, as LS says, are a menace....eating my rose, cherry tree, filbert/hazelnut and grape leaves..."skeletonize" is the term I think. They started on the east coast and have gradually made their way here. We did not have any at our place for the first 10 years we lived here. I use a lure trap (or two or three) with the bottom cut off and hang it over a low sided container with water in it. Beetles go to the trap lure, drop inside and slide through and fall in the water. Chickens come along and "Beetle Buffet"! Empty the water at night and refill in the morning when I do the chicken water. I'm hoping our brutal winter reduced their numbers.