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Bird control devices fall under two categories: deterrents and exclusions. [4] Deterrent devices, such as sonic units and bird spikes, discourage birds from landing or roosting in an area by presenting a physical obstacle or causing discomfort and annoyance for the target bird.
Citronella grass: repels insects, may deter cats [5] Clovers: repel aphids and wireworms [3] Common lantana: repels mosquitoes [1] Coriander: repels aphids, Colorado potato beetle, and spider mites [3] Cosmos: repel the corn earworm: Crown imperial: repel rabbits, mice, moles, voles and ground squirrels [6] Dahlias: repel nematodes [2] Dill
A traditional scarecrow. Bird scarers is a blanket term used to describe devices designed for deterring birds by startling, confusing or otherwise repeling them, typically employed in commercial settings by farmers to dissuade birds from consuming and defecating on recently planted arable crops.
A plant sold under the name "Coleus canina" or "scaredy cat plant" is supposed to scare off cats and dogs. An attempt to register " Coleus canina " to receive plant variety protection failed as it was considered to be only a clone of Coleus comosus (synonym Plectranthus ornatus ).
LAPORTE, Minn. — Most people will never see a bobcat in the wild, but Mark Lewer had his camera lens on one for years waiting for the perfect photo op right in his backyard. "I can spend 95% of ...
African penduline-tit (Anthoscopus caroli) hanging from the end of a branch and gleaning.. Gleaning is a feeding strategy by birds and bats in which they catch invertebrate prey, mainly arthropods, by plucking them from foliage or the ground, from crevices such as rock faces and under the eaves of houses, or even, as in the case of ticks and lice, from living animals.
Some birds and insects use defensive regurgitation to ward off predators. The northern fulmar vomits a bright orange, oily substance called stomach oil when threatened. [53] The stomach oil is made from their aquatic diets. It causes the predator's feathers to mat, leading to the loss of flying ability and the loss of water repellency. [53]
Tripsacum dactyloides, commonly called eastern gamagrass, [3] or Fakahatchee grass, is a warm-season, sod-forming bunch grass. [4] It is widespread in the Western Hemisphere, native from the eastern United States to northern South America. [5] Its natural habitat is in sunny moist areas, such as along watercourses and in wet prairies. [5]