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When a mouse or rat is trap-shy, it means that it are going to shy away from getting close to a trap and take the bait. This can happen for several reasons, including the fear new objects in their environment. They suspect anything new that enters into their environment because they have pheromone markers in their urine and feces in all the familiar places. Trap shyness is a learned behavior, when rodents interact with traps and don’t get caught, they develop a fear of them and understand to stay away in the future. Several steps to avoid creating trap-shy rodents include pre-baiting traps, selecting baits carefully, using unscented sticky pads, place traps tactically, use suitable traps, and using dirty (pre-used) traps.

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There are two main types of cucumber beetles, the spotted and striped. In both cases, the adults grow to about 6-7 mm in length. They feed on cucumber plants, but will also eat squash, gourds and pumpkins. As the adults feed, they leave ragged holes in the leaves and they can transmit diseases such as bacterial wilt. If cucumber beetles are an annual pest in your garden, grow wilt-resistant cultivars near by. It helps to use a lightweight insect barrier placed over top of cucumber beds when first seeded or planted and leave it in place until the plants begin to flower. Cucumber beetles can be hand picked, but mulching the soil around the plants with straw can reduce egg laying.

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Rabbits – Garden Pests – Series

They may look charming and furry, but rabbits will eat all of your lettuces, beans and other plants. The best way to stop rabbit damage is with a fence, such as chicken wire. To prevent tunneling or burrowing, the wire should be one meter tall and buried 40+ cm below the soil surface. If you have only a couple plants to protect, build chicken wire cages by looping the wire into a tube shape and locking it with plastic ties, place these cages over vulnerable plants and secure them to the soil with garden stakes. Although you can never eradicate all destructive pests from your garden, with a bit of planning you can reduce the damage they cause.

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The larvae of cabbage worms can rapidly destroy a cabbage, broccoli, kale or cauliflower patch. Although slugs are often blamed, after a closer look, you’ll see these pale green larvae that grow up to an 2-3 cm and tend to blend in with the leaves or plant stems. White moths with black spots – lay yellowish, bullet-shaped eggs on the undersides of the foliage. You can use insect barrier fabric  in spring as soon as the seedlings are planted to prevent the moths from laying eggs. These barriers can be removed them once the plants are growing well. Planting a variety of flowering plants with vegetables will encourage predators that feed on cabbage worms.

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Aphids are small sap-sucking insects, common names include greenfly and blackfly. Aphids cluster under leaves and on the tips of flower buds and early shoots. They’re small insects with pear-shaped bodies that can be green, brown, gray or black. These pests damage plants by drawing the juices from the leaves, flower buds and flowers. Ladybugs and lacewings are beneficial insects that eat a lot of aphids. To remove aphids use a garden hose and knock the aphids from the plants with a blast of water. Once they hit the ground, they become prey for ground beetles and other insects. Plants such as the following are attractive to aphids and good for organic aphid control : nasturtium, aster, mum, cosmos, hollyhock, dahlia and a lot more.

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The key to success against garden pests  is to identify the pest and take action. First, plant plenty of annual flowers and flowering herbs in your garden, these will attract beneficial insects such as ladybugs, hover flies, and lacewings, which can help control pest populations. Most insects your gardens are either beneficial or neutral, in fact, less than 1% of insect species are known to be agricultural or human pests. That means that most of the bugs you find in your garden are causing it no harm, and many are helping you control pests, pollinate flowers, and break down organic matter. Next, use garden covers such as insect barriers, row covers or deer netting, that help to prevent pests from getting at your vegetables.

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Mud daubers or wasps are altogether different, most resemble long, slender wasps about 2 ½ cm in length. They are solitary (lone) wasps, so instead of big colonial nests, they build single-family nests. They also use a different construction materials, instead of wood, they mix their saliva with soil to make mud, exactly the same as mason bees. They then build their nest on the side of a building, attics, soffits or in a hole in the ground. Their nests can be multiple shapes – tubular, round, or rectangular and typically measures 5 cm in diameter. One species of mud dauber actually never builds its own nest rather it steals other mud daubers nests. If a mud daubers nest is attacked, they prefer to move on and build a new nest. 

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Paper wasp nests don’t have a protective envelope. They build open-air cells that hang from a stalk. It looks like an open parasol or umbrella from the side but from underneath, you can actually see the honeycomb-like cell structure. They build their nests in protected areas such as under roof overhangs, eves, bush and tree branches, or even inside attics, sheds, and garages. Their nests are typically around 12 cm in diameter.

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