GRASSHOPPERS

Suggested Organic Strategies:

• Attract them to a pond or children’s wading pool by floating pieces of yellow plastic in the water. Smaller traps can be made out of yellow buckets filled with water and a 10% molasses solution.  Cover with a film of oil to deter bees and mosquitoes;

• Get up early in the morning when they are very slow moving, handpick them or catch them in a butterfly net;

• Cover plants with an exclusion fabric; it will also protect plants from other pests like fruit flies and caterpillars;

• Birds are a major control, including domestic varieties such as chooks and guinea fowl;

• Beneficial insects such as tachinid flies and parasitic wasps prey on grasshoppers. Plant a Good Bug Mix to provide a food source for the adult predators.

More information on organic grasshopper control.…

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