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Re: Steve's bugs

Stan:

I was just at the Insect section of our Master Gardener program and it was
fabulous.  The speaker was Whitney Cranshaw and in his red top tennis shoes
he made bugs fun.  Some books that he recommended were:

Life on a Little Know Planet. H.E. Evans. 1993 Lyons and Burford, Pub., New
York, NY ISBN 1-55821-249-3 Price $14.95. "Probably the best introduction to
the world of living insects available. Full of well written, fascinating
stories of common insects and a healthy dose of philosophy."

Pests of the West. W.S. Cranshaw, 1992. Fulcrum Publishing, Golden CO ISBN
1-5591-097-1 Price $18.95. Out of print but revision due Spring 1998. "A book
to aid in diagnosing and correcting common garden (vegetables, fruits,
flowers, pest problems of the High Plains/Rocky Mountain/Intermounatain
West.  The biology and management of insects are heavily featured in this
publication."

The Bugs in the System: Insects and Their Impact on Human Affairs M.
Berenbaum.  1995.  Helix Books; Addison-Wesley Publishing co. $15.  ISBN
0-201-40824-4 "Packed with interesting information on a wide variety of
topics related to insects: how they develop, their importance in agriculture,
historical events involving insects - a bit of everything.  Written well and
very entertaining."

I hope this helps.
Sheryl in Western Colorado

Ross E Stanford wrote:

> Steve writes,----- however, and I never outgrew a fascination with "bugs"
> so debugging the garden is "fun".  Except for cabbage root maggot and
> the ever-present slug, however, the garden mostly debugs itself.  Which
> means I can watch the ladybugs eat the aphids and asparagus beetle
> larvae, or my other hard-working friends: the green lacewing, the
> trichogramma, the rove beetle, the assasin bug and the yellow jacket,
> all of whom contribute to my garden pest patrol.  There I go with that
> fascination with "bugs" again.  Sorry.  ;-)
> ===========================================
> Wow, Steve, this really sounds like fun. Seriously.  Can you recommend
> any books that can educate me in this area.  I especially like the idea
> of the garden de-bugging itself, and if it puts on a floor show at the
> same time, so much the better.  I have read in the catalogs about various
> bugs for sale.  Do they come back every year by themselves, or do you
> have to buy new bugs every year?
>      Remember, my sig says that I am cheap and lazy,  not good or
> knowledgeable.
>      I feel that this may be one area that I could really get into.  Of
> course my neighbors already think that I am nuts, so sitting out in the
> garden, checking out the bugs wouldn't seem inappropriate at all.
>      I just read you next post about fertilizer.  YOU ARE MY IDOL!!!!!!
> And all I thought I had to do was stick some Miracle Gro inline with my
> soaker hoses.
>     The people on this list are great.  The expertise is awesome!
> Because I am not a very "involved" gardener I feel I have found a place
> like no other to answer my questions.  I would't know where else to turn
> now.  I'm sure I will be come a much better gardener just by listening in
> on everybody else.
>
>      Stan.     The cheap and lazy gardener.
>
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