Help! Mosquitos are eating me alive
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Help me kill the Flea Beetles eating my Eggplants!
Comments (35)I don't know what some of these post are talking about. A flea beetle is the size of a pin head, and they do not fly. However a can jump quite a distance for there size. Make sure there is no weeds or other vegetation around the plant. If you put down black plastic in a row and plant the eggplant through the plastic, that will help. One thing you can try is the sticky goo I use for the apple maggot fly. Use a piece of bright yellow plastic card covered with the goo. They are attracted to the color and will get stuck in the in the goo. Depending on the number of beetle, you might have to replace the card or clean it. Vegetable oil is use as a solvent for the goo and then some soap and water. reapply the goo. I would use a piece a card 4" x 6" at each plant....See MoreMosquito eating fish?
Comments (23)NeveDunnRanch, I live in Az too..but I live on the east side Miami/Globe area,..if your temperature drops to freezing at any point, your fish freeze too! We do get snow here for only about 2 weeks... but everywhere around us has snow longer!..still the temperatures stay below freezing...until spring.you would have to figure out how to heat your water tanks for the fish to survive, most mosquito fish do not live more than a year maybe year and a half in slightly warmer conditions only indoors do they last approximately 3 years, guppies last a very long time indoors but they do breed like rabbits, and most other mosquito fish,will breed every 45 days or so, I myself own livestock and have to keep other water loving predators out that want to eat eggs or fish, for livestock I have to hook up a warm water line to have for my livestock...but I ended up having to catch the fish and bring them in for the winter..which prolongs the survival rate on the fish and I don't have to buy new! There are no mosquitoes during winter..and I know it's easier to keep them in the water, but they won't last! THEY are NOT an indigenous species so by law in Arizona you cannot dump them in any lakes or rivers or anything other than what is acceptable to Arizona fish and game guidelines! there's only two places to get them and Arizona fish and game will guide you to where you need to go but most of the people that have them for their pawns, Arizona fish and game take certain information from you..before you can get them..Arizona puts them out in the water canals or flood zone areas of watering farmland and where livestock drink but if we are caught putting them in lakes and river beds stuff like, it's a BIG fine the fish populate so fast they will kill out our own natural indigenous species so Arizona fish and game take all the information down to pick them up if you bring a container you can bring home as many as you can carry in that container there's another person that has them she sells them and I believe she takes the information to and Arizona fishing game will direct you to her too if need be depending on where you're at on the map! You can contact me for more info by my e-mail margaretmr2014@gmail.com..I work for the local FD..and a lawfirm in Phoenix, so I keep up with most fish&game regulations....and try to help as much as I can. MOST IMPORTANTLY....MOST IMPORTANTLY...IF YOU LIVE IN A MOUNTAIN TERRAIN..You will have to stop on your way up back home BECAUSE every so many feet up/miles up..the elevation changes and the pressure becomes harder on the fish and their bladders will burst and you will have dead fish on your way home not many will survive so you have to stop every 10 minutes and weight about half an hour 45 minutes and then travel 10 more minutes and wait another 45 minutes so their bladders do not pop otherwise you wasted time and or money! and another thing the fish will eat the babies the parents will eat the babies if they are confined together in a tight spot so you want to try and separate the babies to keep them safe if you want to make sure you have enough and not buy anymore I have 1 male to three females and I have more than enough babies and I'm going to start selling them now because they do have about 60 babies each time! Good luck...have fun......See MoreGrackles or Mosquito Fish Eating Tadpoles??
Comments (16)Hi Lisa, Thats an amazing story about the grackles! Though, it doesnt surprise me much because Ive seen similar smart behavior from them and from Curve-billed Thrashers. Both of them seem to be very smart birds. Thereve been studies on crows that show they make tools, make plans to figure out problems, and so on. IIRC, they were at least around 3-4 year old human level in thinking. Most humans would be surprised by that! Especially my mother-in-law-to-be whom called grackles "junk birds" which I found shocking as a concept. I understand the worry over native vs. exotic species But "junk"?! When I first saw the flock of grackles last year, it was like the Hitchcock movie The Birds! There were suddenly two decent sized trees totally black with grackles and they were all squawking about something. I thought it might be a baby, went out to see, and though most of them flew to a safer distance, a few did stay to see what I was doing. I didnt find a baby but they left shortly after with me none-the-wiser to what they were going on about :P I just want you to know, Im not anti-grackle. I love all creatures, though I did kill a couple of Black Widows last year, I usually move insects that scare me :) Either that or encourage them to go elsewhere. When we had a HUGE ants nest in our walkway, (the giant black ants that bite), I started putting sunflower seeds down so the doves would keep the area busy. The ants soon moved, taking some sunflower seeds with them! Id read to pour boiling water down the hole but thats just horrible to me. Anyway, most of our tadpoles are gone, so Im not going to net the pond. Since the grackles bully the other birds we got some big bowls and put them on the other side of the yard and moved our birdbaths into the shade over there, too. The other birds have found them and seem grateful. The weather here is *so* harsh, and with drought even worse. There really is a desperate need for water. It would be nice if it didnt draw *every* cat within 10 block radius since they sometimes kill birds. Its so heartbreaking :( But since we have the shadiest yard with the most water for at least a one-mile radius, we probably get the worst of it. Totally off topic, but now thinking about it, before we took in our cat that was abandoned (in the desert! in the summer! ugh humans!) the cat situation was a lot worse. He is *completely crazy* and tries our patience to the absolute limit, daily, and now has to be kept in until after sunset because he was killing birds Probably because he cant get over being abandoned and starving. He will fight any cat over his "territory," even our other semi-feral cat we found here years ago. This drives us mad, but maybe his craziness has paid off for us in the other cats killing birds area as weve had fewer cats hanging around probably not wanting to deal with him! Take care, -A...See MoreMosquitos ignore the bug spray - HELP?
Comments (20)Here's a study. "Bite Blocker (Consep, Inc., Bend, Oregon) is a plant-based repellent that was released in the United States in 1997. Bite Blocker combines soybean oil, geranium oil, and coconut oil in a formulation that has been available in Europe for several years [97]. Studies conducted at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, showed that this product gave more than 97% protection against Aedes mosquitoes under field conditions, even 3.5 hours after application. During the same period, a 6.65% DEET-based spray afforded 86% protection, and Avon Skin-So-Soft citronella-based repellent gave only 40% protection [98]. " Here is a link that might be useful: Mosquito Info...See Morerudysmallfry
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