Beetles, its W A R !!!!

seaeagle · July 9, 2015

On the Flea Beetle you can use The Praying Mantis as a natural control.I have them in my garden every year.But they will bite you and it feels just like a bee sting.I got bit picking butter beans 3 times in the same spot and never even saw her or him, but I knew what it was cause had been bitten before.But she did her job and left 4 nice cocoons. and when it got really cold in Feb. I brought those cocoons in the house, that's how much I value them.They hatched and every little fellow I saw I put it in the garden and saw one patrolling the eggplants yesterday.

Edit to say they didn't hatch in the house

July 9, 2015	#18
seaeagle Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: virginia Posts: 743	On the Flea Beetle you can use The Praying Mantis as a natural control.I have them in my garden every year.But they will bite you and it feels just like a bee sting.I got bit picking butter beans 3 times in the same spot and never even saw her or him, but I knew what it was cause had been bitten before.But she did her job and left 4 nice cocoons. and when it got really cold in Feb. I brought those cocoons in the house, that's how much I value them.They hatched and every little fellow I saw I put it in the garden and saw one patrolling the eggplants yesterday. Edit to say they didn't hatch in the house Last edited by seaeagle; July 9, 2015 at 01:39 PM.