If you can avoid pesticides for pest control agents in your garden, your yard will be much more environmental friendly. You can use several alternatives for natural insect and pest control agents for your garden.
I. You can use “good insects”.
* Stink Bugs: Ewww most of us get rid of these smelly things. Yet, they are very helpful in the garden. Stink bugs like to eat worms and beetles. They’re terrific for fruits and roses.
*Praying Mantis: These are absolutely fascinating insects to watch. The female actually kills the male after mating. But for your garden and yard praying mantis feed on a wide variety of bugs including aphids, flies, beetles, grasshoppers and crickets.
*Parasitic nematodes: Now these guys are terrific for in the ground. They are little bitty worms. You have to order them. They get rid of the pests that are in your dirt and attack the root plants.
*Ladybugs: Ladybugs are thought to bring good luck. If one lands on you, make a wish and it will come true. In the garden they eat soft bugs and eggs that are bad for your yard and garden. These little ladies are hungry. In their lifetime they will eat an average of 5,000 other bugs.
*Cryptolaemus Beetles: These little guys look like ladybugs. They are darker and slightly larger then the ladybugs though. They’re favorite food is mealy bugs. They are great for laying their eggs and larvae on infected plants. The babies will devour up the mealy bugs after they are born.
*Green lacewings larvae: These are great for your garden. They love to eat spider mites, leafhoppers, caterpillar eggs, white flies and thrips. You normally have to buy Green lacewings larvae. They eat for 2 to 3 weeks at a time. The adults are slow at making more larvae. After your larvae get to be adults you will want to replace them with more larvae near any infested area of your garden or yard.
II. You can use bats. Bats eat tons of insects.
III. Mulch is another good way to control pests in your garden.
IV. Phosphate tablets break down and add nutrients to your soil. You can use these around the garden and yard to kill pests.
Resources for this article:
www.greenmethods.com
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ nwgardens/312161_smith21.html? source=rss
http://www.thegardenhelper.com /goodbugs.html
