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| Ants and more Ants | 7/18/2008 | Jim Hyland |
Q: Help Please Black small, kinda fat ants keep infestiing my garden. I have some Eugenia around the ...
A: The mulch is not attract to them unless the ants see it as an easy place to build a nest. I would ...
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| Fox in our yard | 7/16/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: We live in a rural area of upstate NY. We have 2 cats, one of which spends a lot of time outside in ...
A: Your cat is in grave danger. Just as your cat is predating on other animals, it may also be preyed ...
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| saveing my crabapple treee | 7/16/2008 | Jim Hyland |
Q: i have black ants on my 2 year old crabapple tree with allot of bumpy looking things on the bark and ...
A: Sounds like a scale insect more than liley San Jose scale. One of the most important pests of the ...
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| beavers or...? | 7/15/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: it seems unlikely that beavers could be causing this damage. the site says they are 13" long and ...
A: Then ground squirrel would be my next guess. Too large for vole. Too small for rabbit. You are ...
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| chipmunks and rabbits | 7/15/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: tell me how to get rid of two chipmunks that have taken up residence underneath my front stoop. ...
A: Chipmunks and Structures Inspection: Find how they are entering the structure. Look for 1” holes ...
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| more on animals eating my plants | 7/14/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: sorry--i meant to write that i live in northern california, ukiah, which is 2 hours north of bay on ...
A: Looks too big for vole. Since you are in northern CA, I think you have mountain beaver. ...
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| Transient Skunks | 7/14/2008 | Dan Jincks |
Q: Wondering if there is any product to deter skunks from parading through property? They are living ...
A: Yeah skunks will do that. Their activity varies with the time of year. Sometime they are settled to ...
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| animals eating my plants | 7/14/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: i've put in a garden in the last year, and this year fairly large holes are appearing in the soil ...
A: Tough to say as you haven't provided enough information such as location. First, are you absolutely ...
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| sawdust falling from my trees | 7/14/2008 | Jim Hyland |
Q: I live in Northern Nevada. I have two locust trees that seem to be shedding sawdust. The plants ...
A: This is a insect called the locust borer. The locust borer, Megacyllene robiniae (Forster) belongs ...
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| varmint ID by droppings | 7/13/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: We live in rural North Central Texas app. 7 miles from the Tx/Ok border. Our problem is with a ...
A: Got various ideas but to list them would only add confusion. My first suggestion is to visit ...
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| Squash problems | 7/13/2008 | Mike Mascio |
Q: Mike, I had some of my squash develop a black mold on the small fruit. Now, I am losing some of my ...
A: Jerry, it sounds like your plants have developed a bacterial disease which is normally spread by an ...
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| moles in lawn | 7/10/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: We had a beautiful lawn and moles are tearing it up. We do have multiple flower beds to add to the ...
A: Getting rid of moles Before anything make sure the problem you are complaining of is moles and not ...
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| chipmunk | 7/5/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: A baby chipmunk is digging up all of my flowers and shrubs. How can I safely deter him from our ...
A: There are no chemicals or repellents that are effective in repelling chipmunks. You have ...
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| Zeuzera pyrina | 7/5/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: .. I live in Iran and I'm working on Zeuzera pyrina... I want to know about available formulas or ...
A: I am sorry, I am not familiar with Zeuzera pyrina. Perhaps I should note that I only deal with ...
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| pests on my annuals | 7/2/2008 | Mike Mascio |
Q: I have large pots planted with annuals: potato vines, New Guinea impatiens, ageratum, alyssum. Some ...
A: Judy, the pesticide you are using is called pyrethrum. As you mentioned, it is derived from the ...
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| Weird fly things around my garden pond | 7/1/2008 | Jim Hyland |
Q: Dont know if im in the wright section here but. I live in England and ive recently just upgraded a ...
A: Sounds like one of the dragon flies. A dragonfly is a type of insect belonging to the order ...
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| pests | 6/30/2008 | Mike Mascio |
Q: i have planted sun flowers and one by one they have gotten eatened.hey get cut right offat the base. ...
A: Fred, unless you see what the culprit is, I can only surmise that the animal is a groundhog, rabbit, ...
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| Something's eating my plants. | 6/30/2008 | Dan Jincks |
Q: First off: Many thanks for any help you can provide. I live in north-central Massachusetts, in an ...
A: If you saw a groundhog... that's the likely culprit. However deer are night foragers and would go ...
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| Something's eating my plants. | 6/30/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: First off: Many thanks for any help you can provide. I live in north-central Massachusetts, in an ...
A: Sounds like your woodchuck is fattening up. Mothballs are little more than a placebo, but as you ...
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| Grass Spiders | 6/29/2008 | Jim Hyland |
Q: It has been very rainy here (in Gloucester, MA) for 2 days and I came out to find dozens (and ...
A: The webs are built to catch insects. Usually small flying insects. They are there most of the time ...
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| Large Bobcat | 6/27/2008 | Dan Jincks |
Q: I have seen a very large male bobcat, a good 50 lbs., roaming around near my house. I live in a ...
A: Your pets are definitely at risk. Bobcat are great climbers. Even if you put a wire on top it might ...
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| Brown bugs | 6/27/2008 | Mike Mascio |
Q: I live in NC and we have had the worst garden ever, i have thses little brown bugs eating ...
A: They could be flea beetles or mites, but it is very difficult to determine which insect it is ...
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| maple tree | 6/26/2008 | Jim Hyland |
Q: I have a maple tree (not sure what species), brighter green leaves. Every year it gets these ...
A: These are maple spindle galls. Maple spindle gall is caused by mites. The galls are found on soft ...
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| chipmunks | 6/23/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: We live in the woods w/ lot's of tree's and nuts and have small holes all over our surrounding area ...
A: If you are looking for some sort of repellent to drive the chipmunks elsewhere, don't waste your ...
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| tomato pest | 6/17/2008 | Mike Mascio |
Q: Mike--We have a bunch of critters on our Roma Tomato plant(not on our other tomato plants)that are ...
A: Although spider mites, thrips, whiteflies, and aphids are the most common pests that attack ...
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| Southern Pine Sawyer Beetle | 6/16/2008 | Jim Hyland |
Q: I encountered a large beetle in my home and learned that it was a southern pine sawyer beetle. Are ...
A: This sawyer occurs throughout the eastern and southern United States and is destructive to pine logs ...
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| Raccoons in house | 6/12/2008 | Mike Mascio |
Q: there is a family of racoons in my crawl space in the bathroom what can you do to take them out
A: Trapping is really your only option besides poison if they are in the house. Trapping is relatively ...
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| ground squirrel or rat? | 6/10/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: I live in the AZ desert on 3 acres. What I thought were cute little ground squirrels are now ...
A: You can visit http://www.icwdm.org/handbook/rodents/FranklinSquirrels.asp to learn options on ...
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| ground squirrel or rat? | 6/10/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: I live in the AZ desert on 3 acres. What I thought were cute little ground squirrels are now ...
A: Don't waste your time or money with repellents. They won't work. I doubt you have woodchucks but ...
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| birds | 6/10/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: My two little boys have a little garden in the backyard. We planted grapes and blueberries for the ...
A: The netting shouldn't hurt the birds provided it is able to be seen. There is a small risk of a bird ...
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| unidentified spear shaped egg or droppings | 6/6/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: I hope you can help me to identify. It is a larger than a rice spear shaped with a hard surface ...
A: Unfortunately, without more information it would be difficult to give a definitive diagnosis. I am ...
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| armadillos | 6/4/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: do you know of a good remedy to rid your yard of armadillos? we have never had the problem until ...
A: Armadillos Repellents There are not any federally registered repellents for armadillos at this ...
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| Honeysuckle eater | 6/2/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: About a month ago I planted a honeysuckle about 3 feet away from a mature pine tree. I ran a wire ...
A: Tough to say, my first guess would deer. Tracks aren't always left as track presence depend on ...
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| hedge hogs eating my tomatoes? | 6/1/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: I need some advice. I have several large hedge hogs cleaning out my tomato garden. They eat the ...
A: I'm sorry but I have no experience with hedgehogs as they aren't native to the U.S. By hedgehog you ...
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| Red bugs | 5/31/2008 | Mike Mascio |
Q: My name is luke I live in Southern Indiana and I am nine years old. I was out side sitting on ...
A: Luke, there are literally hundreds of red insects, so it is very hard to give you a definitive ...
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| house squirrels | 5/29/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: I have a lot of noise in my walls in the late evening - no scratching - just sort of bumps. No ...
A: There could be a myriad of reasons. First scratching is a lighter sound. Maybe it is too low for you ...
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| Plants are getting eaten by something! | 5/29/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: I have some random flowers that I put in some pots and everyday they are getting eaten by something. ...
A: Hmm. Unfortunately, I don't have much to go on here. I don't know your location, time of day the ...
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| Lots of Bees in tree | 5/28/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: I hope I am asking the right person. Anyway I have a honey locust tree in my front yard by the ...
A: Look in the yellow pages for bee keeper or call your local extension office. Honey bees, if that is ...
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| Red Fox | 5/27/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: There is a family of red fox living under my neighbors shed, but they seem to like my yard at ...
A: Foxes can be kept out of gardens through fencing. Fencing would need to be at least 4 feet high and ...
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| house squirrels | 5/27/2008 | Stephen Vantassel |
Q: I have a lot of noise in my walls in the late evening - no scratching - just sort of bumps. No ...
A: You need to have a proper inspection done. Squirrels only need 1.5" hole. Rats need 1/2 inch hole. ...
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