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Marked For Life Limited biological pest control products
Introducing the Marked For Life Limited biological pest
control products
This is pest control at its best, nematodes are naturally occurring
organisms already living in the ground, by simply increasing the population
they can bring down the numbers of pests in the garden, when the pests have
all died the nematodes food source has gone, the nematodes die back to their
normal level.
nematodes are safe with children and pets
| Leatherjacket |
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Leatherjackets are the
larval stage of the crane fly or daddy-long-legs.
Leatherjacket larvae are about 2.5cm (1" long), greyish black in colour,
legless and with no distinct head.
In summer leatherjackets pupate. In August they start to lay eggs
re-infesting lawns. Within two weeks eggs hatch. The young start to
feed, continuing throughout winter, ready to gorge on grass roots in
spring. Grass growth slows and yellow patches appear. Grass is easily
pulled up, with little or no root growth.
In August gardeners may see clouds of daddy-long-legs emerging from
lawns in the early morning and this, as well as the listed damage, are
sure signs of leatherjacket infestation.
Starlings peck at the grass in an attempt to eat the grubs.
Wildlife, such as foxes and badgers, can also create a lot of damage as
they dig up your lawn in search of grubs for food.
There is no chemical control for leatherjackets.
Use Nemasys Leather Jacket Killer to deal with a leatherjacket
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Britain is the slug
capital of the world. Our moist climate without the extremes of hot or
cold is ideal for them.
Each cubic metre of soil contains on average up to 200 slugs.
Slugs are hermaphrodite (have both make and female sex organs). Each
slug lays about 300 eggs in batches of up to 50 in crevices in the soil.
They hatch in 3 weeks in the spring, whilst eggs laid in the autumn can
over-winter before hatching. Slug eggs are slightly oval in shape, white
in colour and measure 2-3 mm in diameter.
Each Grey Field Slug can have up to 90,000 grandchildren.
Slugs have approximately 25,000 teeth.
Slugs consume around twice their own body weight each day. If you
consider that an average slug weighs 0.1 oz, it will consume an amazing
1.75 lbs of plant material in a growing season.
Young slugs tend to stay underground, feeding on humus (decaying organic
matter). This creates an unseen menace, developing out of sight and just
waiting for your young seedlings to be planted. |
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| Chafer Grub |
Vine Weevil |
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Chafer grubs are creamy
coloured and about 1.5 cm (0.6 inch) in length, have distinctive legs,
and are found in the root systems of plants and lawns.
They are often mistaken for vine weevil larvae but chafer grubs have
legs whereas vine weevil larvae do not.
They attack grass roots. Grass growth slows and yellow patches appear.
Grass is easily pulled up, with little or no root growth.
Wildlife, such as foxes and badgers, can also create a lot of damage as
they dig up your lawn in search of grubs for food.
Rooks, magpies, crows and woodpeckers feeding on your lawn are a good
sign of a chafer grub infestation.
Chafer beetles emerge from the lawn. They lay their eggs, which hatch
into grubs feeding on the grass roots before burrowing deep into the
ground. They then lie dormant deep in the soil before moving to the
surface in the spring to emerge as beetles again.
There is no chemical control for chafer grubs.
If the chafer's life cycle is not broken re-infestation occurs and the
problem gets progressively worse.
Use Nemasys Chafer grub Killer to deal with a chafer grub infestation
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Vine weevils are
beetles. They have a long thin snout and are approximately 8-14 mm (¼ to
½ inch) in length. They are dull black with patches of tiny yellow
bristles. They cannot fly but can walk 3 miles in a year.
All adults are female and lay hundreds of white eggs, approximately 0.8
mm in diameter and round. They rapidly turn brown as they mature.
The eggs are often confused with slow release fertiliser pellets, such
as, Osmocote, which are found in most common compost mixes. The Osmocote
pellets are 2 mm in diameter, release liquid fertiliser when squashed
and range in colour from yellow to dark brown.
The larvae are 'C' shaped and legless, with a small head.
The larvae feed and grow throughout late summer and autumn. During
winter their growth slows as temperatures decrease and feeding activity
also decreases. As the temperature rises in spring, the larvae's
activity starts to increase again causing more and more root damage.
Eventually the larvae stop feeding and pupate (during May) and quickly
hatch into adults, and so the cycle continues. |
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