Quiz Question: July 6, 2011

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  1. Delly

    Delly In Flower

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    Using only beneficial insects, what would be at least one of the insects you could introduce into your garden to cull the population of leafworms?
     
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  3. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    I''l go with Ground beetles - Calosoma (Castrida) alternans granulatum Perty.
     
  4. Jerry Sullivan

    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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    Ladybug, Ladybug, fly away home, your house is on fire and your chil........wait a minute could you get that leaf worm before you fly home?.......thank you.

    Jerry
     
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    fatbaldguy In Flower

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    parasitic wasp. I can't recall the name right now though. Dadgumit!
     
  6. Delly

    Delly In Flower

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    Ladybugs , Trichogramma , Orius (Minute Pirate Bugs) , Green Lacewings
     
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