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What does a street bug look like: what is the difference between garden residents and bed bloodsuckers

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Many are familiar with bed bugs living indoors. Some types of bed bugs live on the street. Some are harmful, others are beneficial. They differ in body color, size and culinary preferences. But one thing unites them - an unpleasant smell that appears when you accidentally touch the bugs.

Can bed bugs live outside

Many types of bed bugs live outside. You can meet these insects in different places, in the field, in the forest, in the garden. Some bedbugs can swim and fly. The variety of their body color is amazing, there are all the colors of the rainbow. Their shells are striped, dotted, spotted in different sizes and colors. Some of them are beneficial, others are harmful.

Street bugs.

Classification of street bugs: main subfamilies

The main subfamilies of bedbugs differ in size, body color, and feeding methods. A description of each subfamily will help identify the insect upon meeting.

Predators
Predators are predatory bugs that feed on insects and their larvae. Adults reach a length of up to 20 mm. The body color of these insects is very diverse. Bedbugs living in a tropical climate have a brighter color: red, orange. Those that live in temperate latitudes are painted black or brown-brown. In case of danger, they change their color to a grayish-woody. The predators come out to hunt at night. They can sit in ambush for a long time, waiting for their prey. As soon as an insect appears, they jump from above on the victim, like spiders. They pierce the body with a proboscis, inject poisonous saliva there, which in a short time turns the insides of the victim into a liquid that they suck out. Only a chitinous cover remains from the insect.
Slepnyaks
Blindflies got their name because of their unusually arranged organs of vision. The body structure is similar to their relatives, but they have a soft shell. They hide in the foliage and it is difficult to notice them on plants. Horseflies feed on plant sap. Larvae cause great harm to plants, especially flowers: chrysanthemums, roses, chamomile, sage and others.
Lacemakers
Lacemakers have transparent elytra, like fine lace. Most often found on trees pear lace. One female lays up to 100 eggs, masonry makes on the reverse side of the leaves, mainly on young trees. Can make masonry and weeds. Preventive measures in the fight against laceweed in the garden include the destruction of weeds and whitewashing the trunk in spring and autumn.
shieldmen
Shield bugs are bugs, the shell of which resembles a knight's shield in shape. All insects of this type of bugs emit a specific smell from the glands on the body. For this, their other name is stink bugs. On raspberry berries there are green bugs, the berries on which they were located, have an unpleasant smell and are not suitable for food. Not all shield insects cause great harm to plants. The biggest harm is done by turtle bugs that damage cereal crops, and especially wheat and crusader bugs that feed on cabbage. Rape bugs greatly harm cabbage, radish, mustard crops.

What they look like, what they eat and what harm garden bugs do

Garden bugs damage vegetables and berries. They feed on plant sap. Bed bugs pierce leaves or stems with their proboscis, letting in the poisonous substance contained in their saliva. A damaged plant reduces yield and may even die.
The cruciferous bug damages cabbage and other cruciferous plants. Its body length is 8-10 mm. It is red with green, black stripes and dots. Often confused with a soldier.
After winter, the rapeseed shield bug settles on weeds, and later moves on to seedlings of vegetables: cabbage, mustard, radish, daikon. The female lays up to 300 eggs, from which voracious larvae appear in a week or two, capable of quickly destroying the crop.
Green forest bug harms raspberries, gooseberries, currants. In the absence of berry bushes, it feeds on the juice from the leaves of trees, weeds, and cereals. The body of the insect is 11-16 mm long, it is green in spring. But over the season, the body color changes and by autumn it becomes brown. One female can lay up to 100 eggs. A distinctive feature of this bug is a strong smell.
The cucumber bug is small, the size of the insect is up to 3 mm in length. The body is black. The bug is bouncy and agile and is sometimes confused with black fleas that live on cabbages. It lives where it is warm and damp, giving preference to greenhouses. Settles on the lower leaves of young plants.
Berry shield harms berry crops: raspberries, currants, gooseberries. Its body is brown-red, up to 10 mm long. With the onset of autumn, the berry bug changes its color, its body becomes brown. It damages leaves and berries. After it, an unpleasant smell remains on the berries.

How predator bugs help a person

Predatory bugs are beneficial in that they destroy harmful insects. Some of them are specially bred for this purpose.

Macrolophus - an insect belongs to the subspecies of the blind bug. It eats eggs, larvae and adults of aphids, thrips, whiteflies and spider mites.
Picromerus is a predatory bug that preys on butterflies, sawflies, scoops, the Colorado potato beetle and other pests.
Perellus destroys its natural enemies: butterflies, leaf beetles and the Colorado potato beetle.
Podizus is a predatory bug that destroys leaf beetles, butterflies and their caterpillars.

Famous soldiers or common red bugs: benefits and harms

A bug-soldier or a wingless red bug, a goat, these names are familiar to many red bug with a black pattern on the body, 9-11 mm in size. On the head are red eyes and a long mustache. Some types of soldier bugs lack wings, but there are winged individuals.

The Good: the soldier bug destroys some harmful insects: slugs and worms. They do not cause much harm to plants. They are not dangerous to people. Scientists use this type of bed bugs for research.
Harm: bed bugs during the period of mass reproduction can penetrate into the house to a person and leave traces of vital activity on furniture, carpets, and other things. Some people may experience allergic reactions to particles of the chitinous cover of soldier bugs.

Are garden bugs dangerous to humans?

Garden bugs are not dangerous to humans. With their proboscis, they are not able to bite through the skin. But they harm the plants that man grows for food. When bedbugs appear next to a person, their unpleasant smell, which they leave on plants and berries, causes discomfort.

Drive the BUGS in the neck! Otherwise they will destroy both the garden and the vegetable garden!

How to get rid of garden bugs

Some types of bedbugs living on the street are capable of causing noticeable damage to the crop. If there are not many insects on the plants, then folk methods of struggle are used. With a large invasion of bedbugs, other, more effective means are used.

Folk ways

To repel garden bugs, decoctions of herbs and other available means are used. These natural components do not harm plants and do not accumulate in the soil.

GarlicGarlic powder is diluted in water. Take 1 teaspoons per 4 liter, mix and process the plant.
Infusion of onion peel200 grams of onion peel is poured with 1 liter of boiling water, insisted for a day, filtered. The finished infusion is brought to 10 liters by adding the right amount of water and the plants are treated leaf by leaf.
Mustard powder100 grams of dry mustard powder is diluted in 1 liter of hot water, another 9 liters of water are added to the mixture and the plantings are sprayed.
Decoctions of herbsA decoction of wormwood, cloves, red pepper is used for the invasion of the bug.
Black cohoshA black cohosh plant is planted around the perimeter of the field, it repels the pest from the plants.

Biological method

Many gardeners use a biological method of protecting plants from pests. It includes the use of biological products, which include bacteria that penetrate the body of pests. There they breed and kill them. Popular biologics: Boverin and Bitoxibacillin.

Bitoxibacillin is a drug whose main component is a waste product of the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis. This bacterium lives in the upper layers of the soil and on its surface, produces spores containing a protein dangerous for bedbugs, which, when it enters their body, begins to decay and destroys the digestive system. The pest cannot eat and dies. For humans, this drug is not dangerous.
Boverin is a bioinsecticide that acts only on harmful insects. The spores of the fungus, which is part of the drug, enter through the chitinous cover of the insect into its body, grow there, gradually killing the host. The spores of the fungus that have come to the surface of the dead pest are introduced into the contacting individuals and in this way a large number of pests are infected.

Agricultural method

You can prevent the appearance of garden bugs in the areas by observing the following rules:

  • observe the planting dates;
  • weed and remove weeds in a timely manner;
  • regularly feed and water the plants, loosen the soil;
  • remove dry leaves and grass.
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Chemical control method

Treatment of plants from pests using chemicals is the most effective method of control. To destroy pests, insecticides are used that differ in the mode of action:

  • systemic - after treatment, the chemical penetrates the plant. Bedbugs that feed on the juice from such plants die;
  • contact - when sprayed, the agent enters the body of the pest, damages the chitinous cover, and this leads to death;
  • intestinal - the poison enters the body through the digestive organs, which leads to death.

When using chemicals, it is important to observe the dosage. Harmful substances after treatment can accumulate in the plant and in the soil. The use of chemical preparations is recommended only in cases where other means no longer help.

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Aktellik
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Carbophos
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Chemifos
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Vantex
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Aktellik
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The universal drug Antellik refers to contact-intestinal insecticides.
Expert rating:
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It acts on the nervous system of the pest, inhibiting the work of all organs. In the open ground, it remains effective for up to 10 days. Processing is carried out at an air temperature of +15 to +20 degrees.

pros
  • fast result;
  • efficiency;
  • affordable price.
Cons
  • toxicity;
  • pungent smell;
  • high drug consumption.
Carbophos
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Broad spectrum insecticide.
Expert rating:
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Suppresses the nervous system, which leads to the death of all organs. Affects pests at all stages of development, including eggs.

pros
  • high performance;
  • universality;
  • high temperature resistance;
  • affordable price.
Cons
  • Strong smell;
  • toxicity.
Chemifos
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Kemifos is a universal pest control product.
Expert rating:
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Penetrates through the respiratory tract and kills all pests within a few hours. Retains its activity up to 10 days. acts on adults, larvae and eggs.

pros
  • universality;
  • efficiency;
  • low toxicity;
  • affordable price.
Cons
  • has a strong smell;
  • can not be used during flowering and fruit set;
  • requires strict adherence to the dosage.
Vantex
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Vantex is a new generation insecticide that has low toxicity if dosage rules are observed.
Expert rating:
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Retains its effect even after rain. Frequent use of the drug can be addictive in insects.

pros
  • low toxicity;
  • the range of action of the drug is from +8 to +35 degrees.
Cons
  • dangerous for bees and other pollinating insects;
  • processing is carried out in the morning or evening hours.

Prevention of the appearance of bedbugs on the site

Preventive measures will help preserve the crop and will not allow a large number of garden bugs to settle on the site:

  1. Do not leave heaps of dry leaves and weeds on the site, and the bugs will have nowhere to hide for the winter.
  2. Bedbugs after winter, while there are still no plants on the site, feed on weeds from the cruciferous family. If they are removed in time, then the insects will have nowhere to settle and lay their eggs.
  3. Timely feed, water crops. Strong plants are resistant to pest attack.
  4. After harvesting cruciferous crops: cabbage, radish, daikon, remove tops and leaves from the site, and burn. These plants are very attractive to bed bugs.
  5. Plant around the beds plants that drive away bedbugs: mint, chamomile, black cohosh.
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