Swoboda Articles in the ‘Garden Pests’ Category
Mantis and Pest Control – Bryan & College Station
Late summer and early fall are the times of the year where you find praying mantis around your garden. Mantis are wonderful pest control for food crops, but they are generalist. This means they tend to eat whatever they can catch. Surprisingly, their diet includes hummingbirds, snakes, lizards, and insects. If you have garden pests […]
Earwig Control – Bryan and College Station, Texas
Learn more about controlling earwigs and other garden and yard pest by reading this blog by Swoboda Pest Control
Generally, sowbugs are not pests, though every yard seems to have them. They sometimes make their way into a home, but not often. Sowbugs like a moist environment that is not too wet and not too dry. This is because sowbugs are not “bugs” at all they are crustaceans. Pest Status These small unassuming creatures […]
Biological controls are the employment of other creatures to control a pest population. A good example of this is using ladybugs in your garden to kill off aphids. Ladybugs are what entomologists refer to as a generalist in that they target many smaller pests, not just aphids. Here is a short list of some biological […]
Bryan and College Station Pest Control – Odd, Linear Damage to Leaves?
Moths are an interesting category of pests. We think about them fluttering around our porch light but rarely about the fact that both butterflies and moths are very damaging during their larval stage. In many decorative plants, such as Canna, you find oddly damaged leaves. In the case of canna, the leaves look as though […]
Biological Controls & Landscape Gardening
A biological control is a pest control tool that is quite common in many gardens. Our governments use biological controls to help control pest populations in sensitive areas where pesticides can either not be applied or where they may do more harm than good. You’ve probably used a biological control if you have purchased and […]
Many of us are used to the idea that some insects might be toxic or poison, but did you know that some insects are chemically dangerous? Blister Beetles – Blister beetles are a family of beetles that contain a chemical that when squished, can cause a burn on our skin and a blister to form. […]
Grasshopper Season In Bryan & College Station
Late April and early May is when grasshoppers begin to emerge. By June and July, the populations will be huge, and vegetation will begin to really show abuse. What that means for homeowners throughout Bryan and College Station is that now is the time to address grasshoppers. You want to put in place pest control […]
Pests That Damage Crops & Gardens Around Bryan & College Station
If you are planning on putting in a home garden or an extensive landscape this spring and summer, then you might want to consider the damage that plant eating pests can do. For the most part, we think of plant damage as being caused by insects and for good reason. There are many insects that […]
Aphids in Bryan – How to Deal with Infestations
Aphids are well known as plant pests. They eat sap of vegetable plants, flowers, and even roses. However, an aphid pest problem might not be solely due to the aphids. Ants farm aphids much the same way that we farm cattle. The ants protect the aphids from predators in exchange for sugar water which ants […]
