Top 5 Bugs To Defend Your Yard

[Big Lou]

From Do It Yourself.com, Out With The Bad In With The Good, The Top 5 Bugs To Defend Your Yard? Enjoy!

http://www.doityourself.com/stry/ou...tter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

 

[addy1]

Nice I have a ton of all of those, didn't know that about the assassin bugs

 

[haver79]

I had a lot of praying mantis last year. Lots of egg sacks in the shrubs. I think the hard winter may of killed them because I have not seen any signs of life from them.

 

[addy1]

I have babies mantis everywhere, we dropped down -10 which did not bother them

 

[haver79]

Well hopefully they just haven't emerged yet.

 

[j.w]

We only have a couple of those that I know of.......lady bugs and daddy long legs. Not too many bugs here really to notice much anyways. Lots of spiders but not really big ones.

 

[Mmathis]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Nepen]

I think I have 3 out of 5..

many years ago I bought the preying mantis eggs sack and put in my garden. I ended up only had about 2 adults survive, then I didnt see anymore for a few years until the last 2 years. This year I saw one around, my son loves it. If I saw one I think I might have more than one it's about 1 inches long right now.

 

[max384]

Yikes! Seeing assassin bugs listed gave me the willies... Since they transmit Chagas disease in South America. This is a different species of assassin bugs of course... But it doesn't give me a warm and fuzzy feeling.

 

[CometKeith]

Very interesting article, but I was surprised it didn't mention dragon flies. I have read that a mature dragon fly can consume several thousand mosquitoes a day!

 

[addy1]

We have tons of dragon flies and have only seen one mosquito in the past 3 years.