A magnificent garden that is in a harmonious ecological balance is the dream of every hobby gardener. If the balance is out of joint, plant pests are usually significantly involved. As they reproduce in large numbers, the parasites cause great damage to ornamental plants and cause high crop failures in crops. In order to stabilize the natural system…
Listening to the chirping songbirds when out and about in the countryside, but at home this pleasure can quickly pass. When birds such as sparrows, swallows and the like build a permanent nest under the roof, this poses a number of problems. The stinking feces of the little flyers is just one of them. Most bird species are…
Black aphids are unwelcome guests on outdoor and container plants. The defective insects are not very choosy and do not even stop at exotic plants. If the pests feel comfortable on the host plant, damage and population increase. However, chemicals do not necessarily have to be used to combat it. Because in your own garden and in the kitchen…
May beetles and June beetles are closely related. They are also very similar and can easily be confused. June beetles are usually a little smaller than May beetles. However, both are equally dangerous for the native plants in the garden. Because the larvae and the beetles can cause great damage to the roots and leaves. Therefore, the larvae should also…
When the garden is buzzing in spring and summer, the cockchafer (Melolontha) and the June beetle (Amphimallon solstitiale) are often part of it. Cockchafers are better known and are often recognised, but sometimes it can be the June bugs that stand out in the garden and can be just as damaging to the plants as the…
Engerlings are the larvae of certain beetle species. These include cockchafers and June beetles, which are among the best-known scarab beetles. In the larval stage they reach a length of up to six centimeters and are very thick. Their bodies are light, greyish, brownish or yellowish. The head and legs are darker. These can be brown, orange, or even black…
Suddenly they are there in the house, maybe even in every room, little brown bugs that cannot be assigned. The kitchen and pantry are particularly popular with these small pests because there are many things here that the beetles particularly like, such as baking ingredients, cereal products and also pasta or rice, but also, depending on…
Ants put the respect for nature to the test when they infest the garden in hordes. Unfortunately, the important functions of beneficial insects for our ecosystem go hand in hand with some behaviors that make a stay in the garden unbearable. The insects prefer to attack herb beds, compost and lawns in order to create their nests…
The red spider is also called the fruit tree spider mite. It particularly likes to attack grapevines, apple and pear trees, plums, gooseberries and currants. You have to know that there is another pest that looks similar and that the two are often confused. It is the red velvet mite. But it belongs to a different genre. Countermeasures Spin…
They are often mistakenly mistaken for their own genus of ants, although ants with wings are nothing more than sexually mature males and females on their wedding flight. In the local regions it usually starts from mid-May that the flying ants swarm out. Up until this point in time, they were looked after by the workers in…