(Part 2) Best beneficial pest control insects according to redditors
We found 227 Reddit comments discussing the best beneficial pest control insects. We ranked the 33 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
Nematodes: https://www.amazon.com/BioLogic-Scanmask-Beneficial-Nematodes-Steinernema/dp/B00BTJG19K/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?keywords=nematodes&qid=1573667413&sr=8-2
Wow this just led me to learn more about predatory mites. Interesting... You can even buy them on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/000-Live-Adult-Predatory-Mites/dp/B00K60CEOO/
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Praying Mantis 10 Egg Cases 1,000 - 4,000 Babies +Hirt's Hatching Habitat https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AQHRT0Q/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_WAL.zb3DDNW7P
I get mine through Amazon. This vendor has specifically worked for me before, but it's a tough time of the year to get them I think. I order closer to spring, usually in March or therabouts.
Live praying mantises. Lots and lots of live mantises...
http://smile.amazon.com/Praying-Mantis-Egg-Case-Mantids/dp/B00I0ECGS2/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1451509126&sr=8-9
Oooh ooh! We totally ANNIHILATED our gnat problem with beneficial nematodes! I cannot recommend them highly enough. Magic!
https://www.amazon.com/Million-Live-Beneficial-Nematodes-Exterminator/dp/B00I0ZDD1A
I got them on amazon. They ship from a city an hour over and are a native species so safe to introduce to your crop if youre in north america.
This is the one we use, but they also sell bags with a bunch more if you have an insane amount of wool and moths. I'm not sure how much knitting and spinning you do, but I'd expect the smaller bags would work alright unless you're doing it as a business. We get ours every two weeks and have had very few moths since starting. we stopped at one point but then we noticed a couple moths after a week or two so we're doing it for a little longer to make sure we get them all.
Here, Amazon is selling 72,000 for $150! (no prime)
I'm from pretty California! And ladybugs because ladybugs.
How to Attract
Or just buy (300 is smallest amount I could find)
Steinernema feltiae, a beneficial nematode, works far better than BTi and it keeps working. I tried everything and this product was the best $10 I've spent. It treats a massive amount of growth media for the money and ever since using it I haven't seen a single fungus gnat. With BTi I had to keep reapplying and it only seemed to slow them down, never actually eliminating them. All you have to do is immerse the sponge they send in warm water, dilute it with a few gallons of DI water, and water your plants with it. In a few days you'll have no gnats and they'll stay gone so long as your growth media doesn't completely dry out.
It was a neem dish soap mix. How long? I sprayed last week.
I bought this does that count?
I’ll take a look at the link in a moment.