Natural Solutions to Things That Bug You (100 page)

LIME

Substance: that can supply calcium to the soil and plants while neutralizing acidic conditions. Very effective in sprays to control or kill many pests. It can be used to change the pH of the soil to make it more alkaline. Other forms include quicklime or hydrated lime. Lime draws water out of insects and causes them to dehydrate.

MICROBIALS

These are natural occurring microscopic organisms that can be found in the environment and can be produced on a large scale.

MILKY SPORE DISEASE

This is the common name for
B
acillus popilliae
, which is a naturally occurring bacterium that kills the Japanese beetles and other beetle pests. It is placed into the soil and the grubs eat the bacterium, which turns their clear blood milky and kills them.
It may be harmful to fish so it would be best to keep it away from fish ponds md lakes.

Nc NEMATODE

An organism: that lives in the soil and is microscopic in size. It is worm-like and comes in several strains. They will feed and reproduce inside insects and eventually kill them. There are bad nematodes that attack and kill plants.

NEEM

Neem™ is produced from the margosa tree, which is an evergreen tropical tree that has insecticidal properties.In the United States the tree only grows in Florida and California. This is one wood termites will not eat. There are about 150 insects that are repelled by the extracts of this tree. It can be purchased under the name Margosan-O™ in most garden shops.

NPV

Nuclear polyhedrosis virus is an insect pathogen that has been registered for a limited number of pests and causes a disease process to occur. It is a microscopic organism or microbe.

NYMPH

This is a stage in the life cycle of a number of insects between the egg stage and adult. The life cycle of insects with a nymph stage is called incomplete metamorphosis since there is no pupae or cocoon stage.

ORGANIC

The most natural method of insect control: utilizing the least dangerous methods or chemicals to control insects. This method may employ many homemade sprays and remedies.

PUPAE

This is a stage in the life cycle of a number of insects between the larvae and adult stages. It is usually inactive in the cocoon or a hard shell found in the soil.

PYRETHRUM

It is produced from the dried flowers of the daisy plant
Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium
, which is mainly grown in Africa and is the only chrysanthemum plant with the effective pest control affects. It was used against body lice for hundreds of years. Do not purchase pyrethrum if it is combined with any other pesticide. The plant has been known to cause allergic reactions in susceptible individuals.

This is a potent stomach poison that affects insects and is prepared from the extracts of the tropical plants derris and cube.

RYANIA

A natural insecticide that is safe to use around humans and pets. Produced from the ryania plant that is native to Trinidad and is a relative of the tobacco plant. Has the effect of incapacitating the insect’s ability to eat and they starve to death. Best used on caterpillars, codling moths, spiders Japanese beetles, thrips, moths and fleas.

SABADILLA

Produced from the South American lily it is an organic pesticide dust that has been in use since the sixteenth century. The plant has also been used to lower blood pressure. It does kill a wide range of pests; however, it is toxic to toads and bees.
This is the most toxic pesticide to humans and animals.
It is effective against grasshoppers, codling moth larvae, armyworms, European corn borer, silkworms, aphids, cabbage loopers, melonworm, chinch bugs, webworm, greenhouse leaftier and the harlequin bug.

SILICA AEROGEL

Has the ability to dehydrate the bugs by absorbing moisture from the bug’s outer surface. The particles in the gel have the ability to absorb hundreds of times their weight in moisture.

SULFUR

This is one of the oldest known pesticides: even the Egyptians used it to fumigate their granaries. It should be used when the temperature is over 70
F and under 90
F for the best results. A powder form is now available for dusting plants. It should not be used within 2 months of spraying horticultural oils.

TANGLFOOT

Sticky substance produced from castor oil gum residues and vegetable waxes.

TRICHOGRAMMA

This is a very small insect that lays its eggs inside other insect’s eggs and causing the host egg to die.

INDEX

A

Almond tree pests, 136,140,144,305,357

Ants, 11,18-37,40,41,44,69,144,174

  General ant remedies, 22 

  General information, 19-47

  Argentine ants, 28

  Carpenter ants, 28-30,32,33,54

  Field ants, 32,33

  Fire ants, 22,32,33,37,296,394

  Harvester ant, 38

   Identifying, 19,20

  Pharaoh ant, 22,39,40,271

  White-footed ants, 47

Antlion, 14,90,311

Aphids,4,14,15,18,25,28,30,32,33,43,47,89-96,124,143,152,153,159,259,285,312,314,315, 317,319-321,323,326,345,346,350-359,361,362,366,374-377,382,391,392,399

Apples, 67,142,145,146,148,158,194,374

Apple maggot, 145,374

Apple red bug, 146

Apple seed chalcid, 146

Apple tree pests, 148,149

Apricot, 374

Apricot tree pests, 144

Artichoke, 345,374

Asian garden beetles, 162,163,374

Asparagus, 163-165,340,345,374,391,392

Asparagus beetle, 163,164, 374

Asparagus miner, 165

Assassin bug, 311,312

Avocado, 346

B

Bagworm, 125,338

Beans, 346,347

Bean leaf beetle, 165

Beetles,

10,11,14,18,46,66,69,88,89,94,96,99,110,126,

181,182,312-314

   Blister beetle, 166,312

   Checkered beetle, 312

   Firefly beetle, 313

   Ground beetle, 313

   Rove beetle, 313

   Soldier beetle, 314

   Tiger beetle, 314

Beets, 347

Berries, all types, 347-349

Big-eyed bug, 312

Bladderwort, 370

Blueberry maggot, 374

Borers,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,140,144,150,156,157,159,160,254,312,319,327,347,349,352,362,374-377,384,387,388,391,399

   Ash borer, 97

   European corn borer, 98

   Lesser corn stalk borer, 98,99

   Lima bean pod borer, 99,100

   Pacific flathead borer, 100

   Raspberry cane borer, 101,374

   Strawberry crown borer, 103

Box elder bugs, 103

Braconids, 324

Buffalo treehopper, 146

Bug repellant, 162,396

Burdock borer, 375

Butterflies, 11,66

C

Cabbage looper, 84,125-

127,140,375,379,387,388,399

Cabbage worm, 127,128,374

Calosoma beetle, 166

Canker worm, 147,374

Carpet beetle, 167,168

Carrots, 349,350

Carrot worm, 374-376

Caterpillars, 11,14,128,136,171,180-,182

Cauliflower, 350

Celery hopper, 374

Centipede, 271,281,282,308,314,315

Chalcids, 325

Cherry fruitworm, 151

Cherry tree pests, 152

Chinch bug, 283,284

Chives, 350

Cigarette beetle, 168-170

Citrus tree pests, 153

Cockroaches,20,60,61,63-67,70-72,168,271,281,282,307,314,397

   General information, 60

   American cockroach, 61

   Smoky brown cockroach, 62

   Oriental cockroach, 63

   German cockroach, 64

   Brownbanded cockroach, 64

   Natural methods of elimination, 52-58

Codling moth, 25,137,140,144,147-

149,159,160,386,387,389,391,399147,374

Colorado potato beetle, 170-172,375

Corn,11,25,68,70,77,82,86,98,99,127-130,133,134,172,182,188,219,233,249,272,273,285,296,297,298,319,326,327,335,341,342,346,347,351,352,354,359,367,375,377,380,383,384,387,391,399

Corn armyworm, 128,129

Corn earworm, 129,130

Crickets, 284,285

Cuculio bug, 152

Cucumber, 355

Cucumber beetle, 172-174

Cutworm, 130-133,374

D

Damsel bug, 315

Damselflies, 315,316

Decollate snail, 316

Dragonflies, 316

Drugstore beetle, 174,175

E

Earthworms, 317

Earwigs, 285-288

Earwigs (beneficial), 317

Eastern tent caterpillar, 133,134

Eggplant, 354

Elm leaf beetle, 175

Elm tree pests, 153

Encarsia Formosa parasites, 325

European apple sawfly, 149

European elm scale, 153,154

European red mite, 154,374

F

Figs, 351

Firefly beetle, 313

Flathead apple borer, 150

Flea beetle, 176-178,354,355,357,359,374

Flies, 201-227

   Black fly, 204-206,374

   Blow fly, 206,207

   Carrot rust fly, 207,208

   Cluster fly, 209

   Crane fly, 209,210

   Deer fly, 210,211

   Dobsonfly, 211,212

   Face fly, 212,213

   Flesh fly, 213,214

   Fruit fly, 214-221

   Green fly, 220,221

   Hover fly, 319

   Method of elimination, 204

   Onion fly, 221

   Robber fly, 319

   Root maggot fly, 221,222

   Saw fly, 222

   Soldier fly, 222

   Stable fly, 223,224

   Tachnid flies, 319,327

   Yellow fly, 226,227

Flies (beneficial), 318

Flour beetle, 178,179

Flower pests, 374-377

Fly parasites, 320

Fruit pests, 374-377

Fruit tree leafhopper, 155

Fungus, 104,105

G

Garden webworm, 134

Grapes, 351,352

Grasshoppers,15,30,105,106,107,166,214,281,285,312,314,319,326,352,377,386,389,391,399

Green fruitworm, 135

Greenhouse whitefly, 376

Green lacewing, 320,321

Grubs, 11,90,91,94,180,181,288

Gypsy moth larvae, 135,136

H

Harlequin bug, 179,180,374,380

Head lice, 288-290

I

Ichneumon wasp, 325

Imported cabbageworm, 107,108

Insect resistant plants, 379-384

J

Japanese beetle, 180-182,374

L

Lacewings, 11,105

Ladybugs, 321

Larvae, 11,12,15,18,19,27,34,41,81,84,88,89-94,98,99,101,105,109-112,114,116,117,119,124-126,128,130-132,136,141,149,158,159,171,174,180,182

Leaf beetle, 182

Leafhopper, 290-292

Leafminer, 292,293

Leafrollers, 108

Lettuce, 352

Lygus bug, 294

M

May beetle, 182,183

Mealybug, 294-297

   Pineapple mealybug, 296,297

Mealybug destroyer, 322

Melons, 355

Mexican bean beetle, 183,184,374,379

Microbial controls, 386-389

Millipedes, 104,315 Grubs, 288

Mites

   Cheese mites, 112,113

   Dust mites, 113-115

   Ear mites, 115,116

   Grain mites, 116,117