Beneficial Insects

Some bugs are on the side of homeowners. They are the natural enemies of damaging insects and are known as beneficial insects. Releasing beneficial insects into your yard or garden may have some benefit, but your best bet is to conserve the beneficials already there. Keeping beneficial insects alive may help keep pest problems at an acceptable level so you can reduce insecticide use.

To conserve beneficial insects, you first need to know how to identify them. Presented here are some common beneficial insects.

An important way to conserve beneficials is to treat yards and gardens with insecticides only when pest populations are great enough to cause significant damage. Many insecticides are nonspecific, which means they kill all insects, including the ones you want to keep. In addition, use the most accurate application methods you can.

Although most insecticides are not selective enough to kill only the particular insect you have targeted, shop carefully to find one that is more specifically aimed at your pest problem. Insecticides that must be applied directly to the insect or that break down quickly on treated surfaces kill fewer beneficial insects.

Beneficial insects are often slow to colonize a yard. The best way to make sure they are nearby is to maintain their natural habitats. You can do this by maintaining a diversity of plantings.

Adults of some beneficial insects need to feed on pollen and nectar. Plants with very small flowers and some flowering weeds, such as some clovers and Queen Anne’s lace, in and around the yard may help preserve a diversity of insect life. In addition, artificial food supplements that contain yeast, whey proteins, and sugars can attract or increase the numbers of beneficial insects.

Keep in mind that maintaining habitats and providing artificial food can attract pests as well as beneficial insects. Also, although it is important to bring pest populations below damaging levels, it is not necessary to completely eradicate undesirable insects. In fact, leaving some pests alive will help maintain the populations of beneficial insects.

In many cases, conserving beneficial insects will provide natural control of insect pests. But natural control does have its limitations. Predators and parasites work slowly. It may take weeks or even seasons for beneficial insect populations to build up. Also, you are always left with at least a few undesirable insects in the yard.

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НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ УНІВЕРСИТЕТ БІОРЕСУРСІВ ТА ПРИРОДОКОРИСТУВАННЯ УКРАЇНИ

Факультет Педагогічний

Напрям підготовки Філологія (переклад)

Форма навчання денна

Семестр 4-6 Курс4

ОКР «Бакалавр»

Кафедра романо-германських мов і перекладу

Дисципліна Практика письмового та усного перекладу

Викладач Сидорук Г.І.

«Затверджую»

Завідувач кафедри (Ніколенко А. Г.)

«»2012 р.

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