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Tiny pests.
From time to time we get bugs in the lucerne. At the moment
we have the odd Bluegreen Aphid & Heliothis grub. The aphids are very tiny
at only 3mm long and are hard to spot with the naked eye; the grubs are a
little bigger growing to about 30mm long.
Rather than spraying pesticides we
much prefer to rely on beneficials & natural predators. Mowing the paddock
every 28 days also helps; the birds have a field day when we mow a paddock as the
insects are easy pickings.
They weren't this caterpillar, more grey, but I remember our west Gippsland farm being overrun with caterpillars, like a dozen per square foot. It was only one year and we could not walk anywhere without squishing them.
ReplyDeleteFeast time for the birds - good one :D)
ReplyDeletehope they are not threat anymore for your crops dear.
ReplyDeleteI hope they don't become too much of a pest.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard for me to get mad at them--- but then I don't depend on what I grow for a living. Wonderful picture!
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