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All Natural Insect Control
Completely Safe for Adults, Children, and Pets
BIOLOGICAL INSECTICIDES
Nematodes
What Are
Beneficial Nematodes and How Do They Work?
Beneficial
Nematodes are microscopic, non-segmented roundworms that occur naturally in soil
throughout the world. Entomopathogenic nematodes are extraordinarily
lethal to many important soil insect pests, yet are safe for plants and animals.
This high degree of safety means that unlike chemicals, nematode applications do
not require masks or other safety equipment; and re-entry time, residues,
groundwater contamination, chemical trespass, and pollinators are not issues.
Most biological methods require days or weeks to kill, yet nematodes, working
with their symbiotic bacteria, kill insects in 24-48 hr.
Inside the
nematode's gut is the real weapon — symbiotic bacteria that when released inside
an insect kill it within 24 to 48 hours. The nematodes enter the larvae via the
mouth, anus, respiratory openings, or directly through the body wall of the
pest. The nematodes then eject their symbiotic bacteria inside the pest's body.
The bacteria multiply and cause blood poisoning of the pest, leading to death.
The bacteria also convert host tissue into nutritive products, which can easily
be taken up by nematodes. Inside the dead insect, the nematodes feed and
multiply. As the food resources within the dead pest become scarce, the
nematodes will exit the dead insect and immediately start searching for a new
host.
At
1,000X Magnification
We utilize two
species of Nematodes for lawn insect control:
Steinernema
feltiae:
Attacks Passing Pests! Best suited to warmer climates.
These are most effective in sandy or disturbed soils against mobile pests such
as fleas, cutworm, sod webworm, termites and more. Recommended for southern
states.
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora: Seeks out
Pests!. These are most effective against sedentary pests, such as grubs,
root weevils, queen ants/termites and more!
Why Use Both Types of Nematodes
There are many cases when applying two different species of nematodes
at the same time is a wise plan of action. The first situation is when you
are fighting an infestation where the pests have two different sorts of movement
behaviors. Good examples are in the cases of termites and ants. Termites
and ants have both mobile workers/soldiers and stationary queens/larvae. The
best plan of attack is to utilize both nematodes that will wait to attack the
workers/soldiers and nematodes that will seek out and kill the queen and
developing larvae.
Application is
best performed at predusk when temperatures are cooler and the sun is not so
bright. The soil should be moist before application and watered after.
After application, your lawn should be watered every 3-4 days after if no rain
is presented. When needing to control a general soil born pest
infestation where you have many different sorts of soil born pests or when
you don’t really know what pests you’re fighting. we treat two times, to
stagger the nematode’s lifecycles. to ensure the most even application,
and catch any pests the nematodes missed in the first application.
Beneficial
Nematode Facts:
Nematodes will
eliminate all types of pests that have a subterranean soil stage.
• Nematodes are exempt from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
regulations because they are not harmful to humans, animals, or the environmemt.
How Do
Nematodes Work?
1. Nematodes seek and enter hosts in the
soil.
2. Nematodes release bacteria which
paralyze and kill the host.
3. Nematodes reproduce and feed upon the
host while undergoing several life cycles.
4. Second stage juveniles develop waxy
cuticles and leave the cadaver in search of a new host.
Application
costs:
Dry soil -
$30.00 per 1,000 sq ft (2 applications)
Moist soil -
$20.00 per 1,000 sq ft (2 applications)
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Identify
some of the pests that harm lawns, shrubbery and other plants and landscaping
these products control.
Ants
Can damage
plants through nest-building, which can damage roots, soil structure and even
kill the plants.
Aphids Soft bodied insects that use
piercing sucking mouthparts to feed on plant sap.
Beet Armyworm Damage is often characterized by
skeletonization and profuse silk webbing.
Black Vine Weevil
The larvae feed on the roots of plants
and cause more serious damage than the adults.
Broccoli Worms
Also known as the Imported Cabbage Worm.
Black Scale
Scale are small parasitic insects that
feed on plant juices.
Cabbage Butterfly
Also called the Imported Cabbageworm.
Chinch Bug
Attacks drought-stressed lawns and wild
grasses by piercing the plant with its four-jointed beak and sucking out sap.
Click Beetle
These pests eat the roots of numerous
plant species and young trees.
Cutworm
Cutworms feed on fruit trees and many
other plants including garden vegetables and field crops.
Diamondback Moth
The larvae attack cabbage, collards,
greenhouse plants, and some ornamentals.
Fall Armyworm
Feeds primarily on corn but also feeds
on cotton, alfalfa, clover, peanuts, grasses, tobacco and many garden crops.
Fire Ants
Fire ant colonies consist of the eggs,
larvae and pupae and several castes of adults.
Flying Aphids
Large numbers of aphids on plants can
cause wilting from removal of sap and the spreading of plant viruses.
Fungus Gnats
Symptoms of fungus gnat infestation are
sudden wilting, poor growth, yellowing, and foliage loss.
Grubs
Damage results from larvae feeding on
roots.
Grasshoppers
Some species occur in very large
numbers and cause serious crop damage and loss of plants in pastures.
Harlequin Bugs
They attack nearly all vegetables of
the mustard family, especially mustard greens and various cabbages.
Iris Borers
Iris borers are the most damaging pest
of irises. They will attack all varieties of irises.
Japanese Beetle
Feed on over 275 plant species including deciduous tree fruits,
many small fruits, vegetables and grasses.
Leafhopper
Leafhoppers are one of the most
abundant groups of plant feeding insects.
Leafminer
Many insects can be leafminers,
including some flies, beetles, moths, and wasps.
Leafroller
Young larvae feed on flat leaves, but
older larvae fold the leaves in half and hold them together with webbing.
May Bugs
Also known as May beetles, June bugs
and June beetles.
Southern Masked Chafer
The destructive grubs eat the roots of
turf on golf courses and lawns.
Oleander Scale
Can be controlled by natural enemies
and does not usually cause economic damage.
Oriental Beetle
The larvae stage damages plant roots
and lawns. The adult stage damages roses squash and other plants.
Slugs
Slug is a common non-scientific word, which is often
applied to any
gastropod mollusk whatsoever that has a very reduced shell, a small internal
shell, or no shell at all.
Snails
Like slugs, the common garden snail
will chew through young plants and stems on your garden.
Ticks Ticks
are important
vectors
of a number of diseases, including
Lyme disease and
Tick-borne meningoencephalitis.
Termites Subterranean termites are the most common and economically
important wood-destroying organisms in the United States.
Application
costs:
Dry soil -
$30.00 per 1,000 sq ft (2 applications)
Moist soil -
$20.00 per 1,000 sq ft (2 applications)
Free Estimates
