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bazington
 Post subject: Bugs - what are these?
PostPosted: Nov 9th, '14, 05:55 
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PostPosted: Nov 9th, '14, 07:31 
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Aphids, bad


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PostPosted: Nov 9th, '14, 11:12 
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Bring on the lady bug army!!!!
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PostPosted: Nov 9th, '14, 11:13 
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or as stuart would say the lady beetle army!!!

or at least I think it was stuart who made a big fuss about that...
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PostPosted: Nov 9th, '14, 11:17 
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Here is your weapons of war!

But wait!!

Choose wisely.. Only both of them will make you win this war!
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PostPosted: Nov 9th, '14, 11:19 
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Oh cool look.... this one is on sale... normally it $4 but now its 2.22

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Total aphid death!!!!
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Stuart Chignell
PostPosted: Nov 9th, '14, 15:53 
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
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Aphids, bugs, have sucking mouth parts, in this case for drinking plant sap.
Lady BEETLES are beetles, have chewing mouths parts, in this case for chewing aphids :twisted:
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PostPosted: Nov 9th, '14, 22:35 
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Would we be allowed to import those into Oz?

I guess customs would flip when a box of live bugs sorry beetles arrived.
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PostPosted: Nov 10th, '14, 04:09 
Seriously, this cant be healthy.
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In answer to your questions respectively.

You can buy lacewings in Australia though and they munch aphids really well.
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PostPosted: Nov 10th, '14, 10:06 
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Looking into building a lacewing army now.

Will they also have a good go at white fly?
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PostPosted: Nov 10th, '14, 11:15 
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I found the lazy method worked well for me.

I did nothing, and one day I spotted lady bugs, and the aphids started dying off.

Probably not the most scientific method though.
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