Insect records of ecological balconies - whitefly natural enemies Furry little hairy ladybugs
Mealybugs
In a small-scale cultivation of balconies, a single beneficial insect may be able to solve the problem of whiteflies. In less than a week, the whiteflies on the lemon tree were almost cleaned.
If you don't experience it first-hand, you can feel incredible. It turns out that without any drugs, the bugs will be cleaned up! Hahaha, is ecology difficult? The difficulty may be that we need to subvert our old ideas and the impulse to kill the bugs. Wait and see, maybe there will be new discoveries! And the balcony is small, the insect pests of the plant are really more controllable, the plants are diversified, as long as the beneficial insects arrive, this is not a thing!
After the appearance of the whitefly predator, the lemon tree looks like
After the mealybugs are cleaned up
The small ladybugs start from the egg, 4 larval stages, molt into pupae, and eventually adults. Adult worms live for 2 months, and female ladybugs can lay more than 400 eggs during their life cycle. The larvae and the whitefly are very similar, the difference is that the larvae of the beneficial insect have a white furry cover on the surface, which is a little larger than the whitefly, and because of this, it can easily blend into the place where the prey is located. Both larval and adult insecticidals are powerful in killing insects, and the larvae can kill about 250 mealybug larvae before they become pupae. Probably more than fifty or sixty birds are eaten every day. Ladybird larvae prefer eggs and mealybug larvae as well as honeydew, and adults eat every stage from egg to larvae, that is, mealybugs. Adults can fly, and when food is gone, they will fly to other places where there are soft insects and continue to feed. In addition to eliminating whitefly, aphids, thrips and other soft insects will also become their delicious food.
ONELiving Ecological Garden Insect Record Mealybug Ladybird
Didn't see it in the morning, turn on the flash at night to shoot, I don't know if this little ladybug is afraid of light, and has been hiding after seeing the flash. So without disturbing it, let it have a good meal.
And insect pests are still a problem? It depends on what you think and how you look at it. Sometimes going with the flow is the best solution!
How do you attract this little ladybug? You can plant flowering plants such as dill, fennel, coriander, etc., and the most important thing is that there should be enough insect food, and the beneficial insects naturally come uninvited! Gradually discover some "pests", because they produce honeydew, which will make the leaves become sticky, I think it may be these sweet smells that attract its natural enemies.
Hand over to these nature's helpers, effortlessly and harmlessly kill insects, and naturally have high tricks! Look for it, maybe there's a trace of it in your garden.
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