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Re: Spider Mites or Aphids? -Reply

I do not think spider mites have wings.  they use the wind to move from
plant to plant.  I like looking at bugs through a magnifier of some
kind.  I get most of my biocontrol from rincon-Vitova the oldest
insectary in Ca. 805-643-5407 po box 1555 Ventura,Ca. 93002 but a lot of
folks carry lacewings.   I get both the lacewings eggs and the lace wings
that come in a hexcel unit.  these are adults that are a week or so old .
do you see ants herding the black things .  Once again you must stop the
ants for aphids . Sounds like that may be what you have.   Ants are good
guys but sometime I go to war with
them.  I have put tangle foot around tape and have wraped that around
that plant to stop them from climing up the plant.  I dig up  their house
and keep those ants busy doing something else.  I drown them with water.
 On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, CHERYL CLEVELAND wrote:

> Sal-
>
> You mention that you use lacewings because they eat aphids and spider
> mites.  What are lacewings and where do you get them?  I believe I also
> have spider mites.  Lower leaves on my plants are turning yellow and
> when I look closely at my tomato stems there are little black things with
> baby wings.  How much damage do they do?
>
> Cheryl
> Indiana, Zone 5
>
> >>> Sal Schettino <sals@RAIN.ORG> 08/08/97 07:24am >>>
> if you see the spider webs or they are really small then they are spider
> mites
> They sell spider mites that eat spider mites but I just use lacewings
> because they eat both aphids and mites.  Also if they are aphids you
> have to control the ants as they heard the aphids and will bring them
> back.  Some time you can stop those ants  by diging up the ants house
> over
> and
> over again thus giving the ants something to do (rebuild their home) and
> they leave the aphids some time long enough for the lady bugs or what
> ever to eat them.  On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, zzIML-sqft wrote:
>
> > I was worried about my peppers lower leaves turning yellow and falling
> > off. Martin told me to check the undersides of the leaves for spider
> > mites.  I have found little crawlers under these leaves, but thought
> > they were aphids.  How do I tell the difference?  And how do you get
> rid
> > of them.  I have just washed the aphids (or whatever they are) off with
> > water (which is what I read was the best non-chemical way).  They
> come
> > back every once in a while and I wash them off again.
> >
> > I am trying to dry out the plants (as Julie suggested to me).  I am
> > cutting back to once or twice a week (2 cups each watering), instead
> of
> > every other day.
> >
> > Thanks for the assistance in saving my peppers (the whole reason I
> even
> > started this garden this year).
> >
> > Tristan
> > Renton, WA
> >
> > t*@i405.com
> >
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>
> Sal Schettino,Organic Farmer,don't panic eat organic,sals@rain.org
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