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bugs

includes insects, arachnids, worms, scorpions, aphids, slugs, snails, etc.

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green lynx spider, peucetia viridans and her spiderlings, the next generation!

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bugs

diatomaceous earth

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bugs

Post Cool Bug Pics

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bugs

Who are my new neighbours? (apparently now yellow jackets afterall)

38 replies 2 2 9

bugs

organic war on fleas!

339 replies 8 10

bugs

Is there a food I can eat to make bugs love me less

61 replies 9

bugs

I thought permaculture insect control had failed me, but land racing saved the day!

144 replies 18 38

bugs

ants and aphids on my apple tree

36 13

bugs

Green caterpillar with horn on his arse.

38 replies 14 7

Organic bed bug control

57 replies 1

grasshopper season coming in

55 replies 15 38

Possible tick deterrence by asters? Daisy Fleabane Erigeron strigosus

31 replies 13 25

Small white moth ID?

16 replies 2 13

Organic Slug Control

73 replies 4 2 1

bugs

identifying bees vs. yellowjackets

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Bats - your most effective insect control

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Mosquito Control

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bugs

How to kill woodworm naturally

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bugs

Superworms for bioremediation of polystyrene: ideas for extending the (re)processing?

65 replies 11 31

Pill bugs: beneficial pruners or garden detestation?

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Small white moth ID?

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I think I've got an alien.

12 replies 1 8

Where did all the tomato horn worms go?

14 replies 1 10

How to minimize mosquitoes?

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Flying Ant day

9 replies 3 1

ID this egg case please? it's a Chinese Mantis!

7 replies 7 7

I have an infestation of brown widow spiders in my pole barn! (Florida)

8 replies 5

Dragonflies as natural predators

10 replies 8 4

Whatsit?

5 replies 2 1

Eudryas grata 'beautiful wood nymph'

1 reply 10 4

need advice re: carpenter ants

3 replies

Iberian ant queens lay eggs that hatch into another species

1 reply 1 1

What on earth is eating my stems

3 replies 1

testing: ant control using mold on oranges

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Perch wires for dragonflies

2 replies 1

Black soldier fly larvae

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bugs

Post Cool Bug Pics

3 days ago 126 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <5, 6, 7 ] 4 178 75

earwigs destroying the garden

5 days ago 11 replies

I think I've got an alien.

1 week ago 12 replies 1 8

gardening for beginners

Can anyone id this thing is that is eating my peach tree leaves......?

1 week ago 8 replies 8 1

house plants

spider mites must die! Organic and better solutions to spider mites on houseplants and plants.

3 weeks ago 29 replies 2 1 10

Perch wires for dragonflies

3 weeks ago 2 replies 1

How to minimize mosquitoes?

1 month ago 26 replies 12

Dragonflies as natural predators

1 month ago 10 replies 8 4

soil

Interesting quick fixes that work

1 month ago 23 replies 13

need advice re: carpenter ants

1 month ago 3 replies

Harvesting worms by worm grunting / worm charming / worm fiddling

2 months ago 3 replies 2 3

bugs

Natural wool moth control

2 months ago 9 replies 2 1

bugs

diatomaceous earth

3 months ago 291 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <6, 7, 8 ] 1 25 17

bugs

Know Your Enemy: Carrot Rust/Root Fly

3 months ago 10 replies 1 7

ID this egg case please? it's a Chinese Mantis!

3 months ago 7 replies 7 7

bugs

I lost all of my Brassica to some kind of caterpillar thing and maybe a moth also...

3 months ago 17 replies 1 4

Black soldier fly larvae

4 months ago 6 replies 2

bugs

The Official Entomophagy Thread! (Eating Bugs)

4 months ago 80 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 3 2 9

testing: ant control using mold on oranges

4 months ago 0 replies

meaningless drivel

What Do You Call the Grey "Bug" that Rolls Up? American Dialect Maps

4 months ago 25 replies 2 6

Dung Beetles – The Underground Army Enriching the Soil

4 months ago 6 replies 2 1 2

organic

Fruitflies destroy my melons. What to do?

5 months ago 15 replies 2 4 1

bugs

Is there a food I can eat to make bugs love me less

5 months ago 61 replies [ 1, 2 ] 9

permaculture

Natural pest control broad bean beetle

6 months ago 3 replies 1

bugs

Green caterpillar with horn on his arse.

7 months ago 38 replies 14 7

Where did all the tomato horn worms go?

7 months ago 14 replies 1 10

hunting and fishing

Fishing Bait and Lures - Permaculture Edition

7 months ago 10 replies 1 6 1

meaningless drivel

Gnats Gnats Gnats Gnats HOW DO I GET RID OF GNATS!!

8 months ago 26 replies 1 11

Fruit Flies

8 months ago 11 replies 3 1

pollinators

Euptoieta claudia - Variegated Fritillary...caterpillar and chrysalis and now a butterfly emerged!

8 months ago 19 replies 49 35

bugs

fly control

8 months ago 20 replies 1 1 3

bugs

Ant control in greenhouse: Paul Stamets' fungus?

8 months ago 14 replies

bugs

green lynx spider, peucetia viridans and her spiderlings, the next generation!

8 months ago 313 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <6, 7, 8 ] 520 221

Iberian ant queens lay eggs that hatch into another species

8 months ago 1 reply 1 1

Insect picture exchange :)

8 months ago 12 replies 15 2

wildlife

Bald-face hornets dilemna

8 months ago 14 replies 1 5

Before I do this... Mosquito dunks

1 year ago 10 replies 8

pest control from the start

2 years ago 6 replies

bugs

Styrofoam Composting Through Mealworms

2 years ago 15 replies 1

Wild black soldier fly distribution and how to attract them

3 years ago 3 replies 1 2

bugs

Are aphids always bad?

5 years ago 7 replies 4 7

Organic bed bug control

6 years ago 57 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1

apples

Apple Maggots

8 years ago 10 replies 2 1

composting

bin full of black soldier fly larvae

12 years ago 10 replies

yellow jacket control

13 years ago 19 replies 1 1
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