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Sarracenia pitcher plants are especially proficient at trapping yellowjacket wasps Spearmint: repels fleas, moths, ants, beetles, rodents, [4] aphids, squash bugs, and the cabbage looper [3] Spiny amaranth: repels cutworms: Stone root: repels mosquitoes [5] Summer savory: repels bean beetles [3] Tansy
Leafcutter ants are any of at least 55 species [1] [2] [3] of leaf-chewing ants belonging to the three genera Atta, Acromyrmex, and Amoimyrmex, within the tribe Attini. [4] These species of tropical, fungus-growing ants are all endemic to South and Central America, Mexico, and parts of the southern United States. [5]
Fleas, spiders, termites, flies, centipedes, ants, bedbugs, cockroaches — these icky intruders won't give up. But keeping them away doesn't require expensive chemical pesticides.
The number of ants that are recruited to cut varies greatly based on the leaf quality available in addition to the species and location of the colony. Leaf quality is complex to measure because many variables exist, including "leaf tenderness, nutrient composition, and the presence and quantity of secondary plant chemicals" such as sugar.
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Imidacloprid also exhibits excellent translaminar movement in plants and can penetrate the leaf cuticle and move readily into leaf tissue. [ 29 ] Since imidacloprid is effective at very low levels (nanogram and picogram), it can be applied at much lower concentrations (e.g., 0.05–0.125 lb/acre or 55–140 g/ha) than other insecticides.
A four-pronged approach — clean, spray, bait, and seal — helped me get rid of an ant infestation.
These growths are synthesized from plant substrates and are rich in lipids and carbohydrates. In some advanced genera the queen ant may take a pellet of the fungus with her when she leaves to start a new colony. [7] There are three castes of female worker ants in Attini colonies which all participate in foraging plant matter to feed the fungal ...