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Mealybug Destroyer Larva eating an Aphid (Macro Video)

Found this Mealybug Destroyer Larva under a squash leaf treating an aphid badly.  I love how the little Destroyer keeps rearing back . They have got the india viagra generic in cheap. This is due to the ability viagra online … Continue reading

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Feed your predator insects – Butterfly Weed

Butterfly Weed (asclepias tuburosa) and Mexican Butterfly Weed (asclepias curassavica)  are drought tolerant species of milkweed native to North America.  They have clusters of small bright yellow to orange flowers.   In the winter Butterfly Weed (a. tuburosa) dies to the … Continue reading

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Mealybug Destroyer

At first I thought it was a wooly aphid so I looked it up and it didn’t look right. Then I thought maybe it was a mealy bug so I looked that up. Nope… but it did send me down … Continue reading

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Aphids

Another of the most common garden pests. Ladybugs love to eat them and ants love to herd them. Yup, ants herd aphids to collect the honeydew they excrete as they suck the juice from your plants. Ants eat the honeydew … Continue reading

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Ladybugs

We plant lots of dill and treat it somewhat as a sacrificial plant.  It always starts out lovely and then as it gets to the end of it’s life I suppose it becomes weak and vulnerable.  Aphids love it and ladybugs love aphids. … Continue reading

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