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Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / November 2006Beatles on my lawn
I have noticed in the last month a huge increase in beatles in my yard at night. Tonight when i went out to put the sprinkler on (don't be jealous SE QLDers) there was probably around 20 to 30 jumping around the path. I googled lawn beatles a while back but all i got was some black ones. These are much lighter in colour, more greyish. The area where I have the light is obviously where I see them (I can't see in the dark yet but once my carrots come up i think might eyesight will improve 10 fold) but the lawn there is very healthy. Around the back further it is yellowing off but I thought that may have been a fungus as it is only yellow where it got lots and lots of water when I was establishing my vege garden. Should i be concerned about these beatles? I love my lawn atm as I have it very lush and green (i know there is many lawn haters out there but i'm not one). Would rather not use a pesticide if it will kill off earth worms as I am only just now starting to notice them around in the gardens but if the choice has to be made between worm and lawn lawn will win every time. Who am I to sit back and let mother natures lawn die when it could be so easily saved? Any ideas would be very much appreciated. Cheers Petesin You could try getting Heather Mills McCartney - she would certainly ward off any Beatles now. As for the Beetles- maybe you could get a big native lizard as a pet? They like eating beetles. You can tell what sort of an influence on spelling the music industry has. Beatles are these >>> http://www.beatles.com/ <<<<good site Beetles are these >>> http://www.1974beetle.com/ The Real Beetles >>>> http://www.coleoptera.org/ > You could try getting Heather Mills McCartney - she would certainly ward > off any Beatles now. > > As for the Beetles- maybe you could get a big native lizard as a pet? They > like eating beetles. >I have noticed in the last month a huge increase in beatles in my yard at >night. anyone with the gift of raising the dead is all right by me ;-) Tonight when i went out to put the sprinkler on (don't be jealous SE > QLDers) there was probably around 20 to 30 jumping around the path. I > googled lawn beatles a while back but all i got was some black ones. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Any ideas would be very much appreciated. i think you firstly need to identify them for sure, because they might not be "bad" beetles anyway. we are coming up to beetle-time-of-year, after all. i think (?!) the csiro & others have resources on creature-identification - do you have a local uni you can ask at? does your local library or bookshop have any books on it? you might be able to find a good website with pictures. _if_ they are destructive, you could think about what to do then because the treatment will probably vary depending on the problem. i'm quite the fan of natural selection - utilising predators :-) i think though that anything which endangers worms is probably utter madness & needs to be carefully considered (after all, worms are good for lawn, too). we haven't enough worms here yet & believe me, it shows. worms are absolute magic so think very very carefully before doing anything that is dangerous to them. my vote is: identify the beetles, then go from there. with any luck, you don't need to do anything. kylie the stupid thing is i spelt it 'ee' all the way through then went back and changed it to 'ea' before i posted it .... anyway i have heaps of lizards in my yard and i can't see any damage just yet so i will leave it be for now. The ta ta lizards (at least that's what i call them) should be nice and fat by the end of summer! >I have noticed in the last month a huge increase in beatles in my yard at >night. Tonight when i went out to put the sprinkler on (don't be jealous [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Cheers > Petesin Thats OK You were having a senior moment. > the stupid thing is i spelt it 'ee' all the way through then went back and > changed it to 'ea' before i posted it .... anyway i have heaps of lizards [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> Cheers >> Petesin |
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