Re: What's blooming in your garden?

**D* G* <d*@kos.net>**

Lois - apparently Mr. Clost has fallen prey to the notion that snow  
fleas are in the same category as his other creatures  - perhaps too  
close an encounter with a Southern Comfort may have contributed to  
this notion.  I simply refer you to this wikipedia entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_flea

Yes Virginia, there really is a snow flea, just like there really are  
ice worms.

Doug
Douglas Green
Online Garden Publishing
Blog:  http://blog.douggreensgarden.com
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On 15-Mar-08, at 7:21 AM, loisdan@juno.com wrote:

> OK everybody. Get ready to have a laugh at my naivite. Is there really
> such a thing as a snow flea? I ask because we just got back from
> California where we visited my husband's uncle. Pete lived in Alaska  
> for
> 15 years and had pictures of actual ice worms. So I know they are for
> real. What about these fleas???
>
> Regards,
> Lois
> Visit http://loisdevries.blogspot.com
>
> On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:08:58 EDT FRIELSTER@aol.com writes:
>> Doug,
>> it's good to hear you're trying a natural, non-toxic solution to
>> deal with
>> your snow fleas rather than spraying chemicals. However, my
>> experience has been
>> that the ice worms actually seem to be afraid of the fleas, which
>> as you
>> know  travel in large menacing packs, eating whatever they like.
>> Fortunately the
>> frost  finches, who usually migrate through here between March 31
>> and April 2,
>> will  happily devour both vermin. Nature's cycles are truly a marvel
>> to
>> behold.
>> JF
>>
>>
>>
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