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| Tiff - You and I have started a couple of posts last year and this year they continued about how to trap grasshoppers.
I tried many ideas - molasses and a few others last year - I can't even remember This year, I've put out containers level to the ground of stale beer to catch any slugs I may have - and guess what? I caught THIRTY grasshoppers - about 15 in each container!! I read on the internet when I googled "grasshoppers beer" and it said they are not attracted to alcohol - but these guys went straight to the "party" - although the beer must have been disappointing because it was stale .... :0) Anyway - it worked and tonight more is going out. I feel so mean... heh heh Carrie |
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| Wow nice way to catch them Carrie, thinking my birds would love those drunk hoppers. |
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| Neat discovery, Carrie. I'm amazed that you still have slugs. I only have them in spring when the soil is wet and seedlings are small. I never see slugs or slug damage in summer. I think it's too dry for them to show themselves. We really, really need a good soaking rain. But it's not looking like that's going to happen any time soon. Karen |
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- Posted by tiffy_z5_6_can 5/6 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 30, 10 at 20:33
| You feel mean??? I feel delighted!!! There's not that many right now - I think they went underground to lay their eggs. Let me know if you keep catching them. I may have to buy beer next year. :O) |
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| Karen, I didn't catch ONE slug - only grasshoppers/crickets and sometimes white flies... I didn't know slugs were rampant in the spring - was a little late with the beer containers this year and so while thinking the holes were from slugs, I ended up with containers filled with hoppers, etc. I did catch two little slugs, though :0) Carrie |
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| Carrie, Slugs just like moisture. So during the wet spring months, they can run rampant. But once summer arrives with it's heat, the soil surface dries so slugs stay deep in the soil. Add to that the fact that we plant small young seedlings in spring. A slug can do extensive damage. But by summer, the rare slugs on the surface finds bigger, mature plants and slugs can't do so much damage then. In summer, I only see slugs after big rain storms. And we haven't had any rain to speak of in a long time now. Speaking of rain, I hope you and all our friends near the east coast are safe from Hurricane Earl. Karen |
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- Posted by Lori(lsutter@vims.edu) onMon, Jun 27, 11 at 12:16
| Were the hoppers that you caught dead or alive? I'm trying to collect some live ones for an experiment & have pretty limited experience with insects...your post came up with a google search, so I had to ask :) Thanks!!! |
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| Lori - it was last year - I can't remember "dead or alive" but I think they were dead... yep, I think so! I was happy so they must have been dead... Heh heh - Now I am in the midst of still dropping japanese beetles into soapy water containers - a gardener's work is never done. Carrie |
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