#aphids — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #aphids, aggregated by home.social.
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Some of the best ways to rid SC gardens of pests using everyday home ingredients https://www.allforgardening.com/1901283/some-of-the-best-ways-to-rid-sc-gardens-of-pests-using-everyday-home-ingredients/ #aphids #caterpillars #FleaBeetles #garden #gardening #PeaceCorps
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Some of the best ways to rid SC gardens of pests using everyday home ingredients https://www.allforgardening.com/1901283/some-of-the-best-ways-to-rid-sc-gardens-of-pests-using-everyday-home-ingredients/ #aphids #caterpillars #FleaBeetles #garden #gardening #PeaceCorps
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Ladybug larvae cover a gardener’s plants in a welcome sign of chemical-free pest control https://www.allforgardening.com/1884692/ladybug-larvae-cover-a-gardeners-plants-in-a-welcome-sign-of-chemical-free-pest-control-2/ #aphids #BeneficialInsects #garden #GardenCheck #gardening #LadybugLarvae #LadybugLarvaeFeed #ladybugs #NearbyPlants #PestControl #PestInfestations
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Ladybug larvae cover a gardener’s plants in a welcome sign of chemical-free pest control https://www.allforgardening.com/1884692/ladybug-larvae-cover-a-gardeners-plants-in-a-welcome-sign-of-chemical-free-pest-control-2/ #aphids #BeneficialInsects #garden #GardenCheck #gardening #LadybugLarvae #LadybugLarvaeFeed #ladybugs #NearbyPlants #PestControl #PestInfestations
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#MiteMonday: As I watched this aphid laden with parasitic larval mites, one small light-coloured one climbed off the aphid and ran away over the leaf. The aphid, disturbed by me handling the leaf, began walking away and shed a few more mites. So the mites seem ready to detach as needed at any stage, which is interesting I think.
Also does this count as a parasite on a parasite? :thonking:
#Mitestodon #mites #bugstodon #insects #aphids #parasitism #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Hemiptera #Aphididae
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#MiteMonday: As I watched this aphid laden with parasitic larval mites, one small light-coloured one climbed off the aphid and ran away over the leaf. The aphid, disturbed by me handling the leaf, began walking away and shed a few more mites. So the mites seem ready to detach as needed at any stage, which is interesting I think.
Also does this count as a parasite on a parasite? :thonking:
#Mitestodon #mites #bugstodon #insects #aphids #parasitism #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Hemiptera #Aphididae
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#MiteMonday: As I watched this aphid laden with parasitic larval mites, one small light-coloured one climbed off the aphid and ran away over the leaf. The aphid, disturbed by me handling the leaf, began walking away and shed a few more mites. So the mites seem ready to detach as needed at any stage, which is interesting I think.
Also does this count as a parasite on a parasite? :thonking:
#Mitestodon #mites #bugstodon #insects #aphids #parasitism #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Hemiptera #Aphididae
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#MiteMonday: As I watched this aphid laden with parasitic larval mites, one small light-coloured one climbed off the aphid and ran away over the leaf. The aphid, disturbed by me handling the leaf, began walking away and shed a few more mites. So the mites seem ready to detach as needed at any stage, which is interesting I think.
Also does this count as a parasite on a parasite? :thonking:
#Mitestodon #mites #bugstodon #insects #aphids #parasitism #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Hemiptera #Aphididae
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The petals may have fallen during the night, but the ants’ aphid farm continues.
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#DailyMitePic: These aphids on a dill plant are being parasitized by larval parasitengone mites *and* also being hunted by an adult _Allothrombium_ sumo mite, elegantly illustrating the typical Parasitengona lifestyle.
It's possible the little ones are larval _Allothrombium_. I may collect some and see if I can rear them to adulthood so they can be identified.
#bugstodon #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Trombidiidae #insects #aphids #Hemiptera #Aphididae #parasites #parasitism #ArthroBeauty
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#DailyMitePic: These aphids on a dill plant are being parasitized by larval parasitengone mites *and* also being hunted by an adult _Allothrombium_ sumo mite, elegantly illustrating the typical Parasitengona lifestyle.
It's possible the little ones are larval _Allothrombium_. I may collect some and see if I can rear them to adulthood so they can be identified.
#bugstodon #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Trombidiidae #insects #aphids #Hemiptera #Aphididae #parasites #parasitism #ArthroBeauty
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#DailyMitePic: These aphids on a dill plant are being parasitized by larval parasitengone mites *and* also being hunted by an adult _Allothrombium_ sumo mite, elegantly illustrating the typical Parasitengona lifestyle.
It's possible the little ones are larval _Allothrombium_. I may collect some and see if I can rear them to adulthood so they can be identified.
#bugstodon #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Trombidiidae #insects #aphids #Hemiptera #Aphididae #parasites #parasitism #ArthroBeauty
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#DailyMitePic: These aphids on a dill plant are being parasitized by larval parasitengone mites *and* also being hunted by an adult _Allothrombium_ sumo mite, elegantly illustrating the typical Parasitengona lifestyle.
It's possible the little ones are larval _Allothrombium_. I may collect some and see if I can rear them to adulthood so they can be identified.
#bugstodon #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Parasitengona #Trombidiidae #insects #aphids #Hemiptera #Aphididae #parasites #parasitism #ArthroBeauty
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I noticed these ants being busy tending their little aphid farm on one of my nastriums.
I love watching their symbiosis happening right in front of me.In case you’re curoius: https://www.thoughtco.com/aphid-herding-ants-1968237
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I noticed these ants being busy tending their little aphid farm on one of my nastriums.
I love watching their symbiosis happening right in front of me.In case you’re curoius: https://www.thoughtco.com/aphid-herding-ants-1968237
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I noticed these ants being busy tending their little aphid farm on one of my nastriums.
I love watching their symbiosis happening right in front of me.In case you’re curoius: https://www.thoughtco.com/aphid-herding-ants-1968237
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I noticed these ants being busy tending their little aphid farm on one of my nastriums.
I love watching their symbiosis happening right in front of me.In case you’re curoius: https://www.thoughtco.com/aphid-herding-ants-1968237
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I noticed these ants being busy tending their little aphid farm on one of my nastriums.
I love watching their symbiosis happening right in front of me.In case you’re curoius: https://www.thoughtco.com/aphid-herding-ants-1968237
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What Gardeners Use to Get Rid of Aphids Without Damaging Plants or Ruining Healthy Soil https://www.allforgardening.com/1814975/what-gardeners-use-to-get-rid-of-aphids-without-damaging-plants-or-ruining-healthy-soil/ #aphids #BeneficialInsects #ExcessNitrogen #garden #gardener #gardening #GooseberryBridgeFarm #SoapyWater #StaciHill
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What Gardeners Use to Get Rid of Aphids Without Damaging Plants or Ruining Healthy Soil https://www.allforgardening.com/1814975/what-gardeners-use-to-get-rid-of-aphids-without-damaging-plants-or-ruining-healthy-soil/ #aphids #BeneficialInsects #ExcessNitrogen #garden #gardener #gardening #GooseberryBridgeFarm #SoapyWater #StaciHill
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Look what landed on my arm today. While working on my balcony garden, I felt this on my arm, at first I thought it's worm, but then I saw it.
It's a baby praying mantis.
It's so tiny (4-6mm) and so fragile. Put it on one my plants that has a few aphids on it so it can have a fiest.
I feel so lucky. They are really rare here.
#PrayingMantis #Bugs #Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #GrowOwnFood #Aphids @gardening
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Look what landed on my arm today. While working on my balcony garden, I felt this on my arm, at first I thought it's worm, but then I saw it.
It's a baby praying mantis.
It's so tiny (4-6mm) and so fragile. Put it on one my plants that has a few aphids on it so it can have a fiest.
I feel so lucky. They are really rare here.
#PrayingMantis #Bugs #Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #GrowOwnFood #Aphids @gardening
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Look what landed on my arm today. While working on my balcony garden, I felt this on my arm, at first I thought it's worm, but then I saw it.
It's a baby praying mantis.
It's so tiny (4-6mm) and so fragile. Put it on one my plants that has a few aphids on it so it can have a fiest.
I feel so lucky. They are really rare here.
#PrayingMantis #Bugs #Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #GrowOwnFood #Aphids @gardening
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Look what landed on my arm today. While working on my balcony garden, I felt this on my arm, at first I thought it's worm, but then I saw it.
It's a baby praying mantis.
It's so tiny (4-6mm) and so fragile. Put it on one my plants that has a few aphids on it so it can have a fiest.
I feel so lucky. They are really rare here.
#PrayingMantis #Bugs #Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #GrowOwnFood #Aphids @gardening
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Look what landed on my arm today. While working on my balcony garden, I felt this on my arm, at first I thought it's worm, but then I saw it.
It's a baby praying mantis.
It's so tiny (4-6mm) and so fragile. Put it on one my plants that has a few aphids on it so it can have a fiest.
I feel so lucky. They are really rare here.
#PrayingMantis #Bugs #Gardening #BalconyGarden #ContainerGarden #GrowOwnFood #Aphids @gardening
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Keep Aphids Away From Your Plants With A Sweet Smell They Can’t Stand https://www.allforgardening.com/1797532/keep-aphids-away-from-your-plants-with-a-sweet-smell-they-cant-stand/ #aphids #garden #OrangePeel #OrangePeels
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Keep Aphids Away From Your Plants With A Sweet Smell They Can’t Stand https://www.allforgardening.com/1797532/keep-aphids-away-from-your-plants-with-a-sweet-smell-they-cant-stand/ #aphids #garden #OrangePeel #OrangePeels
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Another year, another new aphid in town. On the weekend I found a cluster of black aphids feeding on the flower buds of a Japanese aralia in Christchurch, NZ.
They match the description of ivy aphids, a Eurasian native aphid that specialises on ivy and related plants in the Araliaceae family.
The species was first spotted in Auckland in 2015 (on #iNaturalist), and mine is the second record of the species from NZ's South Island. The first was an observation by Libby Stevens in Christchurch in October.
It's worth keeping an eye out for. It would be great if it helped knock back the competitiveness of English ivy, which is a weed here. More worryingly, it's also known overseas to feed on *Schefflera* species, and NZ's endemic patē, seven finger, is *Schefflera digitata*. NZ's whaupaku, five-finger, and horoeka, lancewood, are also in the Araliaceae, so please keep an eye out for any black aphids feeding on these.
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Another year, another new aphid in town. On the weekend I found a cluster of black aphids feeding on the flower buds of a Japanese aralia in Christchurch, NZ.
They match the description of ivy aphids, a Eurasian native aphid that specialises on ivy and related plants in the Araliaceae family.
The species was first spotted in Auckland in 2015 (on #iNaturalist), and mine is the second record of the species from NZ's South Island. The first was an observation by Libby Stevens in Christchurch in October.
It's worth keeping an eye out for. It would be great if it helped knock back the competitiveness of English ivy, which is a weed here. More worryingly, it's also known overseas to feed on *Schefflera* species, and NZ's endemic patē, seven finger, is *Schefflera digitata*. NZ's whaupaku, five-finger, and horoeka, lancewood, are also in the Araliaceae, so please keep an eye out for any black aphids feeding on these.
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Another year, another new aphid in town. On the weekend I found a cluster of black aphids feeding on the flower buds of a Japanese aralia in Christchurch, NZ.
They match the description of ivy aphids, a Eurasian native aphid that specialises on ivy and related plants in the Araliaceae family.
The species was first spotted in Auckland in 2015 (on #iNaturalist), and mine is the second record of the species from NZ's South Island. The first was an observation by Libby Stevens in Christchurch in October.
It's worth keeping an eye out for. It would be great if it helped knock back the competitiveness of English ivy, which is a weed here. More worryingly, it's also known overseas to feed on *Schefflera* species, and NZ's endemic patē, seven finger, is *Schefflera digitata*. NZ's whaupaku, five-finger, and horoeka, lancewood, are also in the Araliaceae, so please keep an eye out for any black aphids feeding on these.
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Another year, another new aphid in town. On the weekend I found a cluster of black aphids feeding on the flower buds of a Japanese aralia in Christchurch, NZ.
They match the description of ivy aphids, a Eurasian native aphid that specialises on ivy and related plants in the Araliaceae family.
The species was first spotted in Auckland in 2015 (on #iNaturalist), and mine is the second record of the species from NZ's South Island. The first was an observation by Libby Stevens in Christchurch in October.
It's worth keeping an eye out for. It would be great if it helped knock back the competitiveness of English ivy, which is a weed here. More worryingly, it's also known overseas to feed on *Schefflera* species, and NZ's endemic patē, seven finger, is *Schefflera digitata*. NZ's whaupaku, five-finger, and horoeka, lancewood, are also in the Araliaceae, so please keep an eye out for any black aphids feeding on these.
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Another year, another new aphid in town. On the weekend I found a cluster of black aphids feeding on the flower buds of a Japanese aralia in Christchurch, NZ.
They match the description of ivy aphids, a Eurasian native aphid that specialises on ivy and related plants in the Araliaceae family.
The species was first spotted in Auckland in 2015 (on #iNaturalist), and mine is the second record of the species from NZ's South Island. The first was an observation by Libby Stevens in Christchurch in October.
It's worth keeping an eye out for. It would be great if it helped knock back the competitiveness of English ivy, which is a weed here. More worryingly, it's also known overseas to feed on *Schefflera* species, and NZ's endemic patē, seven finger, is *Schefflera digitata*. NZ's whaupaku, five-finger, and horoeka, lancewood, are also in the Araliaceae, so please keep an eye out for any black aphids feeding on these.
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Gardeners urged to spray washing up liquid on roses in May https://www.allforgardening.com/1787091/gardeners-urged-to-spray-washing-up-liquid-on-roses-in-may/ #AphidInfestationRoses #aphids #garde #garden #GardenCareTips #gardening #GardeningNews #GardeningTips #GardeningUk #HouseAndGardenAdvice #HowToProtectFlowers #HowToProtectRoses #pests #RoseCare #RosePlants #roses #RosesTips #SoapyWaterSolution
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Gardeners urged to spray washing up liquid on roses in May https://www.allforgardening.com/1787091/gardeners-urged-to-spray-washing-up-liquid-on-roses-in-may/ #AphidInfestationRoses #aphids #garde #garden #GardenCareTips #gardening #GardeningNews #GardeningTips #GardeningUk #HouseAndGardenAdvice #HowToProtectFlowers #HowToProtectRoses #pests #RoseCare #RosePlants #roses #RosesTips #SoapyWaterSolution
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The aphids under the leaf seem oblivious to the predatory lacewing larva on the other side, picking them off one by one. Photo from a couple weeks ago, in my native plant garden. #Insects #Aphids #Photography #Lacewings
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The aphids under the leaf seem oblivious to the predatory lacewing larva on the other side, picking them off one by one. Photo from a couple weeks ago, in my native plant garden. #Insects #Aphids #Photography #Lacewings
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The aphids under the leaf seem oblivious to the predatory lacewing larva on the other side, picking them off one by one. Photo from a couple weeks ago, in my native plant garden. #Insects #Aphids #Photography #Lacewings
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The aphids under the leaf seem oblivious to the predatory lacewing larva on the other side, picking them off one by one. Photo from a couple weeks ago, in my native plant garden. #Insects #Aphids #Photography #Lacewings
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The aphids under the leaf seem oblivious to the predatory lacewing larva on the other side, picking them off one by one. Photo from a couple weeks ago, in my native plant garden. #Insects #Aphids #Photography #Lacewings
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Greenfly can be ‘wiped out’ with bucket of 44p ‘pesticide free’ liquid https://www.allforgardening.com/1764531/greenfly-can-be-wiped-out-with-bucket-of-44p-pesticide-free-liquid/ #aphids #BBCGardenersWorld #garden #Garden(section) #GarlicSpray #greenfly #NaturalPesticide #PestControlAdvice #pests #roses
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Greenfly can be ‘wiped out’ with bucket of 44p ‘pesticide free’ liquid https://www.allforgardening.com/1764531/greenfly-can-be-wiped-out-with-bucket-of-44p-pesticide-free-liquid/ #aphids #BBCGardenersWorld #garden #Garden(section) #GarlicSpray #greenfly #NaturalPesticide #PestControlAdvice #pests #roses
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#CompanionPlanting with #Beans
by Barbara Pleasant, 26 April 2018
"Fast to mature and easy to grow, beans have several characteristics that make them good partners for other vegetables. They tolerate partial shade, and most beans have tiny hooked hairs on their leaves that entrap #aphids and other small insects. Beans can fix nitrogen taken from the air, so they make fewer demands on the soil's nutrient supply compared to other vegetables. Beans also deter weeds with their dense growth both above and below the ground.
How you use beans as companion plants depends on what you hope to accomplish. High-rise walls of pole beans can be used to provide shade for neighbors that suffer in strong summer sun, while low-growing bush beans can be used as weed-suppressing ground covers between rows of potatoes.
Whether they grow on vines or bushes, you will need good access to beans that are harvested as green or snap beans, which need to be picked every other day when the crop is ready. Dry beans, which are left on the plants until the pods dry to brown, can simply be left to grow, so they are a great option for Native American-inspired Three Sisters plantings comprised of corn, beans, and long-vined winter squash or pumpkins."
Learn more:
https://www.growveg.com/guides/companion-planting-with-beans/#SolarPunkSunday #GrowingBeans #Gardening #ThreeSisters #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #FixingNitrogen
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#CompanionPlanting with #Beans
by Barbara Pleasant, 26 April 2018
"Fast to mature and easy to grow, beans have several characteristics that make them good partners for other vegetables. They tolerate partial shade, and most beans have tiny hooked hairs on their leaves that entrap #aphids and other small insects. Beans can fix nitrogen taken from the air, so they make fewer demands on the soil's nutrient supply compared to other vegetables. Beans also deter weeds with their dense growth both above and below the ground.
How you use beans as companion plants depends on what you hope to accomplish. High-rise walls of pole beans can be used to provide shade for neighbors that suffer in strong summer sun, while low-growing bush beans can be used as weed-suppressing ground covers between rows of potatoes.
Whether they grow on vines or bushes, you will need good access to beans that are harvested as green or snap beans, which need to be picked every other day when the crop is ready. Dry beans, which are left on the plants until the pods dry to brown, can simply be left to grow, so they are a great option for Native American-inspired Three Sisters plantings comprised of corn, beans, and long-vined winter squash or pumpkins."
Learn more:
https://www.growveg.com/guides/companion-planting-with-beans/#SolarPunkSunday #GrowingBeans #Gardening #ThreeSisters #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #FixingNitrogen
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#CompanionPlanting with #Beans
by Barbara Pleasant, 26 April 2018
"Fast to mature and easy to grow, beans have several characteristics that make them good partners for other vegetables. They tolerate partial shade, and most beans have tiny hooked hairs on their leaves that entrap #aphids and other small insects. Beans can fix nitrogen taken from the air, so they make fewer demands on the soil's nutrient supply compared to other vegetables. Beans also deter weeds with their dense growth both above and below the ground.
How you use beans as companion plants depends on what you hope to accomplish. High-rise walls of pole beans can be used to provide shade for neighbors that suffer in strong summer sun, while low-growing bush beans can be used as weed-suppressing ground covers between rows of potatoes.
Whether they grow on vines or bushes, you will need good access to beans that are harvested as green or snap beans, which need to be picked every other day when the crop is ready. Dry beans, which are left on the plants until the pods dry to brown, can simply be left to grow, so they are a great option for Native American-inspired Three Sisters plantings comprised of corn, beans, and long-vined winter squash or pumpkins."
Learn more:
https://www.growveg.com/guides/companion-planting-with-beans/#SolarPunkSunday #GrowingBeans #Gardening #ThreeSisters #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #FixingNitrogen
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#CompanionPlanting with #Beans
by Barbara Pleasant, 26 April 2018
"Fast to mature and easy to grow, beans have several characteristics that make them good partners for other vegetables. They tolerate partial shade, and most beans have tiny hooked hairs on their leaves that entrap #aphids and other small insects. Beans can fix nitrogen taken from the air, so they make fewer demands on the soil's nutrient supply compared to other vegetables. Beans also deter weeds with their dense growth both above and below the ground.
How you use beans as companion plants depends on what you hope to accomplish. High-rise walls of pole beans can be used to provide shade for neighbors that suffer in strong summer sun, while low-growing bush beans can be used as weed-suppressing ground covers between rows of potatoes.
Whether they grow on vines or bushes, you will need good access to beans that are harvested as green or snap beans, which need to be picked every other day when the crop is ready. Dry beans, which are left on the plants until the pods dry to brown, can simply be left to grow, so they are a great option for Native American-inspired Three Sisters plantings comprised of corn, beans, and long-vined winter squash or pumpkins."
Learn more:
https://www.growveg.com/guides/companion-planting-with-beans/#SolarPunkSunday #GrowingBeans #Gardening #ThreeSisters #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #FixingNitrogen
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#CompanionPlanting with #Beans
by Barbara Pleasant, 26 April 2018
"Fast to mature and easy to grow, beans have several characteristics that make them good partners for other vegetables. They tolerate partial shade, and most beans have tiny hooked hairs on their leaves that entrap #aphids and other small insects. Beans can fix nitrogen taken from the air, so they make fewer demands on the soil's nutrient supply compared to other vegetables. Beans also deter weeds with their dense growth both above and below the ground.
How you use beans as companion plants depends on what you hope to accomplish. High-rise walls of pole beans can be used to provide shade for neighbors that suffer in strong summer sun, while low-growing bush beans can be used as weed-suppressing ground covers between rows of potatoes.
Whether they grow on vines or bushes, you will need good access to beans that are harvested as green or snap beans, which need to be picked every other day when the crop is ready. Dry beans, which are left on the plants until the pods dry to brown, can simply be left to grow, so they are a great option for Native American-inspired Three Sisters plantings comprised of corn, beans, and long-vined winter squash or pumpkins."
Learn more:
https://www.growveg.com/guides/companion-planting-with-beans/#SolarPunkSunday #GrowingBeans #Gardening #ThreeSisters #GrowYourOwnFood #GYO #FixingNitrogen
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Deter Garden Pests The Natural Way By Planting These 8 Herbs https://www.allforgardening.com/1759705/deter-garden-pests-the-natural-way-by-planting-these-8-herbs/ #aphids #garden #GardenPests #plants #RaisedGardenBeds #SpiderMites
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Deter Garden Pests The Natural Way By Planting These 8 Herbs https://www.allforgardening.com/1759705/deter-garden-pests-the-natural-way-by-planting-these-8-herbs/ #aphids #garden #GardenPests #plants #RaisedGardenBeds #SpiderMites
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Keep aphids out of your garden with this companion plant they can’t stand https://www.allforgardening.com/1729759/keep-aphids-out-of-your-garden-with-this-companion-plant-they-cant-stand-2/ #AphidInfestation #aphids #garden #GettyImages #TessaCobley
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Keep aphids out of your garden with this companion plant they can’t stand https://www.allforgardening.com/1729759/keep-aphids-out-of-your-garden-with-this-companion-plant-they-cant-stand-2/ #AphidInfestation #aphids #garden #GettyImages #TessaCobley
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Are you in #BC, or, better yet, #metrovancouver ? I am in need of some ladybugs to fight some #aphids on my plants. I can come pick them up. Please DM me.
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Are you in #BC, or, better yet, #metrovancouver ? I am in need of some ladybugs to fight some #aphids on my plants. I can come pick them up. Please DM me.
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Are you in #BC, or, better yet, #metrovancouver ? I am in need of some ladybugs to fight some #aphids on my plants. I can come pick them up. Please DM me.
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Are you in #BC, or, better yet, #metrovancouver ? I am in need of some ladybugs to fight some #aphids on my plants. I can come pick them up. Please DM me.
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Are you in #BC, or, better yet, #metrovancouver ? I am in need of some ladybugs to fight some #aphids on my plants. I can come pick them up. Please DM me.
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Anyway,
> We show that the two wingless morphs occurring during the root-dwelling phase of the life cycle of the aphid _Paracletus cimiciformis_ follow distinct strategies that entail disparate relationships with ants. On the one hand, the round morph exhibits the plant sap-sucking feeding behavior characteristic of aphids and establishes a typical mutualistic trophobiotic relationship with ants. On the other hand, aphids of the flat morph, although able to feed on plants, are brought inside the ant brood chamber where they are cared for by the ants. Our results show that the latter strategy is accomplished by flat morph aphids by mimicking ant larvae chemical signals and that, besides obtaining ant care, aphids in the brood chamber actively suck hemolymph from ant larvae.
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> […] By being transported by the ants deep into their brood chambers, aphids of the flat morph would be safe from temperature extremes experienced by other root-dwelling aphids that stay closer to the roots to feed. We suggest that lack of access to plants in the brood chamber may have driven the evolution of the ability to use a different food resource (i.e., hemolymph of ant larvae), at least temporarily. The fact that flat morph aphids inside ant nests give rise, when harsh conditions are over, to four morphs representing life history strategies adapted to different temporal and spatial uncertainties…suggests that the flat morph is at the center of a diversified strategy for survival and recolonization of the aphid host plants.A. Salazar, B. Fürstenau, C. Quero, N. Pérez-Hidalgo, P. Carazo, E. Font, & D. Martínez-Torres, Aggressive mimicry coexists with mutualism in an aphid, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 112 (4) 1101-1106, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1414061112 (2015). :OpenAccess:
#entomology #insects #ants #aphids #antstodon #bugstodon #Hymenoptera #Formicidae #Hemiptera #Aphididae
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Anyway,
> We show that the two wingless morphs occurring during the root-dwelling phase of the life cycle of the aphid _Paracletus cimiciformis_ follow distinct strategies that entail disparate relationships with ants. On the one hand, the round morph exhibits the plant sap-sucking feeding behavior characteristic of aphids and establishes a typical mutualistic trophobiotic relationship with ants. On the other hand, aphids of the flat morph, although able to feed on plants, are brought inside the ant brood chamber where they are cared for by the ants. Our results show that the latter strategy is accomplished by flat morph aphids by mimicking ant larvae chemical signals and that, besides obtaining ant care, aphids in the brood chamber actively suck hemolymph from ant larvae.
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> […] By being transported by the ants deep into their brood chambers, aphids of the flat morph would be safe from temperature extremes experienced by other root-dwelling aphids that stay closer to the roots to feed. We suggest that lack of access to plants in the brood chamber may have driven the evolution of the ability to use a different food resource (i.e., hemolymph of ant larvae), at least temporarily. The fact that flat morph aphids inside ant nests give rise, when harsh conditions are over, to four morphs representing life history strategies adapted to different temporal and spatial uncertainties…suggests that the flat morph is at the center of a diversified strategy for survival and recolonization of the aphid host plants.A. Salazar, B. Fürstenau, C. Quero, N. Pérez-Hidalgo, P. Carazo, E. Font, & D. Martínez-Torres, Aggressive mimicry coexists with mutualism in an aphid, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 112 (4) 1101-1106, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1414061112 (2015). :OpenAccess:
#entomology #insects #ants #aphids #antstodon #bugstodon #Hymenoptera #Formicidae #Hemiptera #Aphididae
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Anyway,
> We show that the two wingless morphs occurring during the root-dwelling phase of the life cycle of the aphid _Paracletus cimiciformis_ follow distinct strategies that entail disparate relationships with ants. On the one hand, the round morph exhibits the plant sap-sucking feeding behavior characteristic of aphids and establishes a typical mutualistic trophobiotic relationship with ants. On the other hand, aphids of the flat morph, although able to feed on plants, are brought inside the ant brood chamber where they are cared for by the ants. Our results show that the latter strategy is accomplished by flat morph aphids by mimicking ant larvae chemical signals and that, besides obtaining ant care, aphids in the brood chamber actively suck hemolymph from ant larvae.
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> […] By being transported by the ants deep into their brood chambers, aphids of the flat morph would be safe from temperature extremes experienced by other root-dwelling aphids that stay closer to the roots to feed. We suggest that lack of access to plants in the brood chamber may have driven the evolution of the ability to use a different food resource (i.e., hemolymph of ant larvae), at least temporarily. The fact that flat morph aphids inside ant nests give rise, when harsh conditions are over, to four morphs representing life history strategies adapted to different temporal and spatial uncertainties…suggests that the flat morph is at the center of a diversified strategy for survival and recolonization of the aphid host plants.A. Salazar, B. Fürstenau, C. Quero, N. Pérez-Hidalgo, P. Carazo, E. Font, & D. Martínez-Torres, Aggressive mimicry coexists with mutualism in an aphid, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 112 (4) 1101-1106, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1414061112 (2015). :OpenAccess:
#entomology #insects #ants #aphids #antstodon #bugstodon #Hymenoptera #Formicidae #Hemiptera #Aphididae
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Anyway,
> We show that the two wingless morphs occurring during the root-dwelling phase of the life cycle of the aphid _Paracletus cimiciformis_ follow distinct strategies that entail disparate relationships with ants. On the one hand, the round morph exhibits the plant sap-sucking feeding behavior characteristic of aphids and establishes a typical mutualistic trophobiotic relationship with ants. On the other hand, aphids of the flat morph, although able to feed on plants, are brought inside the ant brood chamber where they are cared for by the ants. Our results show that the latter strategy is accomplished by flat morph aphids by mimicking ant larvae chemical signals and that, besides obtaining ant care, aphids in the brood chamber actively suck hemolymph from ant larvae.
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> […] By being transported by the ants deep into their brood chambers, aphids of the flat morph would be safe from temperature extremes experienced by other root-dwelling aphids that stay closer to the roots to feed. We suggest that lack of access to plants in the brood chamber may have driven the evolution of the ability to use a different food resource (i.e., hemolymph of ant larvae), at least temporarily. The fact that flat morph aphids inside ant nests give rise, when harsh conditions are over, to four morphs representing life history strategies adapted to different temporal and spatial uncertainties…suggests that the flat morph is at the center of a diversified strategy for survival and recolonization of the aphid host plants.A. Salazar, B. Fürstenau, C. Quero, N. Pérez-Hidalgo, P. Carazo, E. Font, & D. Martínez-Torres, Aggressive mimicry coexists with mutualism in an aphid, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 112 (4) 1101-1106, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1414061112 (2015). :OpenAccess:
#entomology #insects #ants #aphids #antstodon #bugstodon #Hymenoptera #Formicidae #Hemiptera #Aphididae
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Mir fiel vorhin eine einzelne alate #Formica s. str. (Waldameise) Königin an einem kleinen Ahorn auf und offenbar war da irgendwo ein Nest in der Nähe. Am Nachbarbaum waren eine Menge Arbeiterinnen unterwegs, die Blattläuse hoch an die jungen Knospen gebracht und gegen Marienkäfer verteidigt haben.