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Promotional Rates were found for your code. Edit Close. Weekly E-Edition. Low 22F. Here are some natural ways to eradicate potato bugs and other harmful insects from your garden or yard. Diatomaceous earth DE is a non-toxic way to rid your garden of unwanted creepy-crawlies such as Jerusalem bugs.
You can safely use food grade diatomaceous earth dust around your garden to reduce the number of potato bugs. Diatomaceous earth is a natural powder from the fossilized remains of a type of algae. This causes them to dry out and eventually die. Food grade DE is safe to use around the garden without fear of it causing damage to humans, pets, or your plants.
All you have to do is sprinkle the diatomaceous dust in areas where you see evidence of potato bugs. Repeat the application every few days and always reapply the non-toxic pesticide after rain when the soil has dried out. One of the reasons for using neem oil for potato bugs is that it is safe for humans and shows low toxicity to plants. Research has shown that neem oil can help to combat various pest infestations.
Neem oil helps to inhibit hormone function in many insects and affects their ability to reproduce and feed. Other studies have shown that natural neem oil insecticides have been effective in controlling pests such as the Colorado potato beetle, cockroaches, and other bugs.
Neem oil also controls pest infestations by effectively killing of larvae before they hatch. Remember that potato bug larvae are often found on the underside of leaves, so make sure and spray those parts of the plant.
Learn more about the many uses of neem oil and how you can use this natural pesticide to get rid of aphids. What else can you do if you have to get rid of these menacing insects from your garden? As well as using natural control methods, you can use a number of other ways to eradicate these monster insects. Traps to get rid of Jerusalem crickets. You can make your own homemade potato bug traps by putting petroleum jelly on a small board.
Place the traps where you suspect these nocturnal bugs are lurking. The potato bugs should stick to the trap if they walk on them.
Other common names include slaters, potato bugs, and doodle bugs. The best known species in the family is Armadillidium vulgare, the common pill bug. Jerusalem crickets and Colorado potato beetles are called potato bugs because of their diets.
Jerusalem crickets can sometimes be found in potato fields eating the roots and tubers of potato crops. While the crickets have occasionally damaged commercial potato fields, they are not considered serious pests. The eggs hatch within days and the larvae begin to feed immediately. They grow through four stages in weeks. Then they enter the soil, form a spherical cell, and pupate. The new adults emerge in days and the life cycle is repeated through a second generation.
Eggs are oval, yellow to bright orange. They are layed in clusters of 10 to 30 eggs on the underside of leaves.
Larvae are slug-like with a soft shell. They are red to orange to tan depending on age and they have two rows of black dots on each side. Potato beetle larvae hatch from yellow-orange eggshell clusters on the bottom of leaves. Newly hatched larvae are bright red. Larvae of all stages have black heads, and can be identified by the two rows of dark spots on each side of their humps.
Though these insects bite when provoked, the fact is that their bite is painful. According to research, if a cricket bites you, you will have flu-like symptoms, sores on your skin, and skin rash. Contrary to the many urban legends about them, they are not venomous, they do not sting, and you will not die if they look at you. Are Potato Bugs Poisonous? These insects do not have wings, so they move around by hopping. They do not chirp like house or field crickets.
They do occasionally bite when they feel cornered or bothered by people in any way. If you do experience a bite from one of them, it might hurt a lot — ouch. Potato bugs are wingless creatures and get around on their 6 spider-like legs.
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