Beneficial Insects, or the “good bugs” vs pesticides to keep you and your garden healthy all year long. We get asked all the time if beneficial insects truly work when it comes to keeping pesky mites and insects off food grade plants. The answer is yes! We’re not saying it’s a quick fix. But with a little bit of patience … Read More
Beneficial Insects can Control Greenhouse Pests
Beneficial Insects can Control Greenhouse Pests– go bug or go home. With summer fading and the cold winter approaching, growers are turning to their greenhouses for winter crops. Most plants, flourish in the humidity, warmth and perfect condition allotted from greenhouses. Unfortunately, so do the same pests that plague our outdoor crops. Growers, who raise food grade plants, don’t have … Read More
Everyone loves the Crape Myrtles
Everyone loves the Crape Myrtles but not the aphids and Spider Mites that tend to plague these beautiful plants. It is not considered a delicate plant and it can thrive in conditions that would be a challenge for other trees and shrubs. They grow in the form of a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree, typically reaching 15 to 25 feet … Read More
Are barn flies and ticks driving you and your horses insane?
Are barn flies and ticks driving you and your livestock insane? Then you need to read this article! As summer reaches its peak so do all the annoying, pesky, biting, swarming insects. We watch helplessly as our livestock stomp their feet, swish their tails and rub against anything they can find. 4 times in one summer I had to call … Read More
The Japanese beetle or June bug is a Serious Pest
The Japanese beetle or June bug is a serious pest, especially to fruit baring plants like grapevines and berry bushes. My husband and I recently bought a 5th wheel motor home and have started traveling. We discovered Harvest Hosts, an online site that lists vineyards, historical sites and museums that will let you park overnight for free. In the last … Read More
Learn How to Spot These Three Bad Bugs in Your Garden
Learn How to Spot These Three Bad Bugs in Your Garden with Brad the Bugman’s help. Everyone loves to see a butterfly or dragon flit by on a summer day but as soon as a bee or June bug comes within 5 feet we are grabbing the Raid and other insecticides. Contrary to what you might believe, most insects are … Read More
Barn Flies and How They Cause Summer Sores in Equine
Barn flies and how they cause summer sores in Equine and major headaches for barns. For the South, last year’s mild winter, with an early and warmer spring was both a blessing and a curse. It was a blessing because neither you nor your horses had to suffer a cold, rough winter. The early spring saved you additional hay costs. … Read More
What is fun about summer and back yards?
What is fun about summer and back yards? Lightning Bugs! Did you know there are more than 136 species of lightning bugs? And…they all have their own unique flashing lights. A chemical called luciferase, produces this bioluminescence light, so that the lightning bug can attract a mate. Some people call them fireflies. Entomologists say they are neither a fly or … Read More
The Mighty Mantis stands with Brad The Bugman
The Mighty Mantis stands with Brad The Bugman and March Biological. The Praying Mantis is one of the larger insects, growing between 2 and 5 inches long. It is named for its prominent front legs, which are bent and held together at an angle that makes it look like it is praying. There are many different species of Praying Mantis … Read More
What Brad the Bugman has known all along about Beneficial Insects
What Brad the Bugman has known all along about Beneficial Insects and how important they are to your crops and gardens. As any gardener/grower knows, insects that pollinate are very important to the success of the crops. And not just because they germinate the plants but because they also help to control insect pests like spider mites and aphids. Three … Read More