Any gardeners here ? black beetles
VTech
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I cut down one of the side gardens today with a rotovator, the weeds were around 2ft high and covering around 2/3rd of an acre.
Once I had cut down the main foliage I noticed loads of black beetles, around half inch long in the garden, they were all over the place. Are these dangerous or a problem I need to sort ?
Once I had cut down the main foliage I noticed loads of black beetles, around half inch long in the garden, they were all over the place. Are these dangerous or a problem I need to sort ?
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Google Vine Beetles.
If you've got these, they can ruin new plants and existing ones.0 -
If its the common black beetle they are no real problem, can actually be quite good for the garden as the will eat slugs other pests.Life isnt like a box of chocolates, its like a bag of pic n mix.0
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I dont think they are vine beetles as these ones are jet black and shiny.
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VTech wrote:I cut down one of the side gardens today with a rotovator, the weeds were around 2ft high and covering around 2/3rd of an acre.
Once I had cut down the main foliage I noticed loads of black beetles, around half inch long in the garden, they were all over the place. Are these dangerous or a problem I need to sort ?
They weren't a problem until you destroyed their habitat, now they will have to go somewhere else
300 species of common ground beetles alone in UK, so identification could be a problem.
but well done for upsetting so many so easily, you must have a natural ability I supposemy isetta is a 300cc bike0 -
VTech wrote:I cut down one of the side gardens today with a rotovator, the weeds were around 2ft high and covering around 2/3rd of an acre.
Once I had cut down the main foliage I noticed loads of black beetles, around half inch long in the garden, they were all over the place. Are these dangerous or a problem I need to sort ?
In a garden that big a few beetles won't be a problem. But if you'd come across a herd of wildebeest in all that vegetation, you may have had an issue0 -
Surprised you don't leave that kind of stuff to your peasants to worry about!0
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In all probability some kind of ground beetle. Hundreds of them to choose from, invariably the gardener's friend since they eat smaller insects and molluscs.
You'd be very unlikely to spot vine weevil adults, they are very well camouflaged and move slowly or play dead. I should know, I spent the best part of 10 years working with the little b@stards.0 -
keef66 wrote:In all probability some kind of ground beetle. Hundreds of them to choose from, invariably the gardener's friend since they eat smaller insects and molluscs.
You'd be very unlikely to spot vine weevil adults, they are very well camouflaged and move slowly or play dead. I should know, I spent the best part of 10 years working with the little b@stards.
Vine weevils are brownish and pure evil - catch them at night when they are active - hold an umbrella under the plant and shake the plant they play dead fall in and you can kill them at your leisure. This stuff also is supposed to work
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Armillatox-So ... vi-content
They can't advertise it as an insecticide but inside the bottle wrapping there is a leaflet which tells you how to dilute it and use it as a root drench and its supposed to kill the weevil eggs.0 -
wishitwasallflat wrote:keef66 wrote:In all probability some kind of ground beetle. Hundreds of them to choose from, invariably the gardener's friend since they eat smaller insects and molluscs.
You'd be very unlikely to spot vine weevil adults, they are very well camouflaged and move slowly or play dead. I should know, I spent the best part of 10 years working with the little b@stards.
Vine weevils are brownish and pure evil - catch them at night when they are active - hold an umbrella under the plant and shake the plant they play dead fall in and you can kill them at your leisure. This stuff also is supposed to work
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Armillatox-So ... vi-content
They can't advertise it as an insecticide but inside the bottle wrapping there is a leaflet (or here http://www.armillatox.com/) which tells you how to dilute it and use it as a root drench and its supposed to kill the weevil eggs.0 -
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Wots u need is some Rhubarb leaves. Chop them up and put them in a bucket with water with a lid on it. Stir occasionally for a week to ten days. It stinks. It is foul. It is the most putrid substance known in the universe (especially in warm weather). Draw off the liquid. Put the liquid into an old Windowlene bottle or similar and spray it liberally. Greenfly, aphids and beatles hate it. it won't kill them but it will send them away.
They all have a place in the whole scheme of things so do not use insecticide.
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2/3 of an acre????
I presume thats just your side alleyway area right?Scott Speedster S20 Roadie for Speed
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Seeing as we have a gardening thread going, how about a bit of topiary;
Before;
and after;
By the way, I think your beetles are harmless - we have have loads like that here.0 -
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VTech wrote:If thats your bush, its nicely trimmed.
Is that your best pick up line?0 -
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Ballysmate wrote:VTech wrote:If thats your bush, its nicely trimmed.
Is that your best pick up line?
Ouch! Walked right into that one!0 -
Ballysmate wrote:VTech wrote:If thats your bush, its nicely trimmed.
Is that your best pick up line?
If she had a bush like that I'd give it a wide berth...ya don't know what would be in there0 -
I prefer a more drastic approach to topiary
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