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Good garden bugs : everything you need to know about beneficial predatory insects / Mary M. Gardiner, Ph.D.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gardiner, Mary M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beneficial insects.
- Predatory insects.
- Garden pests--Biological control.
- Garden pests.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Beverly, Massachusetts : Quarry, 2018.
- Summary:
- Find out the best ways to invite friendly, helpful bugs to your garden, and boot out harmful, invasive creepy crawlies. No toxic pesticides or dangerous chemicals required.
- Contents:
- The basics: natural enemy lifecycles and eating habits
- Mantids (Mantodea)
- True bug predators (Hemiptera)
- Thrips (Thysanoptera)
- Lacewings and other net-winged predators (Neuroptera)
- Beetles (Coleoptera)
- Predator and parasitoid flies (Diptera)
- Wasps and ants (Hymenoptera)
- Spiders (Araneae)
- Other arachnids (Arachnida)
- Centipedes (Chilopoda)
- Biological control in home gardens
- Monitoring and collecting good garden bugs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781627880336
- 162788033X
- OCLC:
- 1485005197
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