Medvedka is one of the most dangerous pests on the suburban area. This insect is short time capable of destroying a huge amount of the crop, and it is quite difficult to deal with it. That is why it is necessary to study in more detail the features of this unwanted garden guest.
External features
Many are concerned about the question of who the bear is. The debate is about two families: beetles or insects. The scientific classification is as follows:
- Insect class.
- Detachment orthoptera.
- Superfamily crickets.
- Bear family.
- Kind of bear.
On a note!
The origin of this name can be explained by the Latin sound of the bear. It is designated as Gryllotalpa. In translation, it sounds like a mole cricket, which is quite explainable by the external features of the bear.
The optimal place where the insect lives is warm and moist soil. In the photo of the garden bear, you can see impressive dimensions that can reach 8 cm in length, excluding paws and whiskers.
The bear insect in the photo looks very menacing. The front of the beetle is also equipped with paws that resemble the limbs of a mole.
Upon further examination of the photo of the cabbage, attention is drawn to the shell, which begins immediately after the head. In case of danger, the bear beetle hides its head in it. On the abdomen, the adult also has wings, which are used by insects only in the process of reproduction.
To fully describe the structure of the bear, it is important to mention its following features:
- Back springy paws. With their help, the bear can jump.
- On the front paws there are small claws. They allow the insect to quickly dig through hard and dry soil.
- A photograph of a bear shows a pair of whiskers on the front of its head. With their help, the insect captures odors.
- The hearing aid is located on the shins of the forelimbs.
The total life expectancy of a bear, taking into account the stage of the larva and the other stages of maturation, is 3 years. Of these, the Kapustyanka spends most of its life in the larval stage and only 1 year as an adult. The period how long a bear lives, may vary depending on the conditions surrounding it.
On a note!
During a drought, a large cabbage plant travels considerable distances or deepens into the ground.
The following insect species are known:
- ordinary;
- African;
- ten-legged;
- steppe;
- single-thorn.
The easiest way to distinguish a male from a female is by the venation of the elytra. There are also individuals in which the formation of wings does not occur. It can be both males and females.
Lifestyle
A small individual leads a rather mobile lifestyle. Most of it falls at night. At this time, the insect actively feeds, digs passages and takes care of the larvae. During the day they can continue their activities, but with less enthusiasm.
Medvedka and its larvae adapt well to new conditions and even know how to adapt to poisons various kinds. Kapustyanka has few natural enemies, as it is very difficult to detect it underground.
Among those who eat Medvedka, you can specify:
- moles;
- shrews;
- rooks;
- hoopoes;
- starlings.
On a note!
Also, for the bear and its larvae, a rodent of any species that will live in the same area with it is a great danger.
Habitat
The common bear has been known to the world for more than 3 million years and has learned to adapt well to different conditions habitat. The insect preferentially lives deep in the soil. It loves warm, moist and nutritious soil, so the main part of life takes place at a depth of up to 30 cm. Kapustyanka can also rise to the surface. Reproduction - main reason release of the insect into the upper layers of the soil.
The period when the bear lays eggs occurs at the beginning of summer. At this time it reaches optimum temperature soil. Given this feature, experts recommend carrying out not only the fight, but also preventive measures before sowing.
When the time comes, the female deepens by 10 cm and below. At the indicated level, the moves of the bear on the ground take a horizontal shape. The insect builds a special chamber in which eggs will be laid.
In the nest, earthen crayfish makes a small depression where it lays its eggs. When choosing a place, the female also determines the required level of humidity. In dry soil, the larvae will not survive and the transformation into a caterpillar will not occur.
On a note!
Studying what a bear and its larva look like, it can be noted that even at this stage of development, the caterpillar already has an impressive size. The eggs are oval and yellow in color. In one nest, on average, there are about 100-300 pieces.
The female prepares the nest very painstakingly to protect the eggs. Around him, she gnaws all the roots, prepares drainage systems. As a result, the nest has a very dense structure and, if found, it can be completely removed from the ground.
Stages of development
The full development cycle from egg to adult can take up to 24 months. The following stages of development of the bear are distinguished:
- Egg.
- Larva.
- Nymph.
- An adult.
The eggs are protected by a hard shell. All this stage, the adult protects them. Larvae outgrow to 2 stages. On the first one, they do not leave the nest and feed on the food available nearby or what the female brings. Medvedka larvae look like medium-sized fleshy caterpillars. After 14-20 days after maturation, the larvae of the first age become nymphs.
The larva of the bear in the photo is not much different from the adult. The only difference is the lack of wings. If you study the photo and description of the larva in more detail, you can also note the differences in color. In younger individuals, the color is lighter than in adults. During maturation, the larvae undergo a different number of molts, which can reach 10. After that, the cabbage turns into an adult, capable of reproduction.
Interesting!
Particular attention deserves the process itself, how the bear breeds. Males at night begin to publish, which can be compared with the trill of grasshoppers. An adult bear crawls out of the ground and fertilization occurs.
How to find in the garden
In most cases, the earth bear is found during the earthworks. The insect rarely comes to the surface, so it is easier to detect it in pits and holes. But if the bear beetle is found late, then the chances of saving the crop may be too low.
The following factors should indicate the presence of a pest in a summer cottage:
- wilting crops;
- damage to root crops, earth cancer actively uses the pulp of vegetables as food;
- simultaneous and in large numbers;
- moves of the bear, they become especially noticeable in wet areas of the garden;
- holes round shape on the ground surface, which serve as an entrance to numerous insect burrows.
The presence of these signs may be a warning of danger. It is necessary to act quickly and purposefully.
One adult can ruin about 15 plants overnight.
There are many ways to deal with an insect, but the most effective is still the one that will quickly fix the problem and save the entire crop. Knowing where the kapustyanka lives will help you deal with it more effectively. Since it is better to put it in the holes of the insect.
Harm in the garden
Having found traces in the garden from the cabbage, you should immediately take measures to combat the insect. In a short period of time, earth cancer can significantly reduce the amount of crop, as well as spoil a large number of plants.
The insect is not particularly scrupulous in choosing food, so it can eat almost all crops in the beds. Most often it affects:
- potato;
- carrot;
- beets;
- cabbage;
- eggplant;
- tomatoes;
- pepper.
Medvedka also eats rhizomes of shrubs, radishes, flowers. In addition to plant foods, she will not refuse small representatives of the fauna. A chrysalis, an earthworm, a butterfly and a caterpillar will become a welcome delicacy.
Another unpleasant feature of the appearance of cabbage in the beds is its lifestyle. She breaks through numerous underground passages and lays larvae in them. And everything that comes in its way is mercilessly gnawed and bitten. The result of such vital activity is the death of many plants. Medvedka burrows in the garden are located on different levels up to 30 cm deep, so almost all plants suffer.
Medvedka eggs left in holes turn into larvae. They are also used as food root system plants and only exacerbate the damage. Therefore, during planting, one should take into account not only what the bear eats, but also the crops that it does not eat.
So that and protect your land plot, you must carefully study the photo and description of the bear. For a faster victory and minimization of damage, it is important to learn how to quickly determine the places of the greatest concentration of individuals and act on them with the help of special insecticides or folk remedies.
Medvedka is an insect 35-50 mm long, with short leathery elytra and front digging legs. It lives in the soil and only occasionally appears on the surface. Flying in the evening and at night. Swims well. In warm weather, it makes burrows at the very surface, and winter burrows reach a depth of 50-100 cm.
Mass yield is observed at a temperature of 12-15°C. After mating, which takes place underground, the females build a nest. Oviposition consists of 100-350 or more eggs. Embryonic development lasts 10-20 or more days. For the normal development of eggs, 100% humidity is required.
Medvedka larvae, after hatching from eggs, remain in the nest under the protection of the female for 2-3 weeks. Damage underground parts various plants(cabbage, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, etc.). Seedlings dry out, damaged plants are easily pulled out of the soil. In root vegetable crops and in potato tubers, the bear eats large cavities, also damages seeds, gnaws and tears the roots.
Protective measures
At the end of September it is necessary to dig holes up to 0.5 m deep, fill them with manure (preferably horse) with straw. Medvedka gathers in the pits. Late in autumn or winter, they dig them up, scatter manure and the bears die from the cold. Medvedka can be caught in half-liter jars filled with 2/3 water, dug into the soil at surface level in places of mass accumulation of insects. At the beginning of the growing season (at the end of May and during June), the aisles are loosened 2-3 times to a depth of 10-15 cm, dug out eggs and larvae die.
When planting vegetable seedlings (tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, etc.), you can use 1-1.5-liter plastic bottles. The upper and lower parts are cut off, the rest is cut into several parts up to 10-15 cm high. Then these parts are placed in the ground so that at least 5 cm remains above the surface, where seedlings are planted. It is possible to lay out baits from fresh manure at the beginning of May, into which the pest crawls for burrowing and laying eggs, and after 3-4 weeks the bait heaps are looked through, the bear and eggs are destroyed.
Medvedka also dies from eating baits made from eggshell powder moistened with sunflower oil, which is embedded in the ground. Plants are not damaged by a bear if you put a clove of garlic in the hole before planting.
In autumn, you can use a mixture of water and kerosene (100 g per 10 liters of water), which is poured into the pest holes at the rate of 30 g each.
Scaring away the bear
Scare off the bear sown between vegetable crops marigolds, as well as green alder branches spaced at a distance of 1.5 m, which are replaced with fresh ones from time to time. In addition, there is a solution that is detrimental to the bear washing powder, which is poured into minks.
A plot inhabited by a bear can be watered in summer with an infusion of onion peel at the rate of 900 g of onion peel and waste, filled with 10 liters warm water and infused for 4-5 days. Then, before use, the infusion is diluted with water (1:5) and the plants are watered after rain 2-3 times in 5-7 days; In the absence of rain, the area is watered. An infusion of chicken manure is also used at the rate of 2 kg per 10 liters of water. After thorough mixing and dilution with water (1: 5), dry soil is watered. In soil fertilized with chicken manure, the pest does not live.
To scare away the bear, you can use sand moistened with kerosene at the rate of one glass per bucket of sand. In this case, the sand is poured onto the ground, watered with kerosene, carefully shoveled for 5-10 minutes, and then scattered on the site with planted seedlings (0.25-0.5 l per 1 m2).
Radical measures to combat Medvedka
The most radical measure to combat Medvedka is to use chemicals. For this, the roots of seedlings of cabbage, tomatoes, eggplant, sweet pepper before planting in open ground wetted in a suspension of the drug actara 25 WG (1.5 g/l of water for 250 plants) at a temperature of 18-23°C and an exposure of 90-120 minutes.
To protect potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage from the bear, use medvedtoks-U (300 g per 1 hundred square meters) by introducing into furrows 3-4 cm deep along the perimeter or between the beds, followed by sprinkling with earth and watering with water at the rate of 10 l / m2 after planting the tubers or seedlings.
The roots of seedlings of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cabbage before planting in open ground can also be soaked in a suspension of Prestige 290 FS (100 ml per 10 liters of water at an exposure of 6-8 hours).
Makar Ruban, Ph.D. biol. Sciences, Kyiv
Phenoxin plus - radical method fight with a bear
These are granules with an attractive smell for a bear and a deadly taste. In the manure, where bears are very fond of settling, they make a hole and pour granules into it. By all means, the hole is covered from birds and domestic animals, which may also want to feast on and for which a lethal outcome in this case is also guaranteed.
In addition, in those places where bears are seen, and these are usually beds, they make grooves 3-5 cm deep, and lay out the granules at a distance of 20-30 cm. Again, they cover from birds and other animals you need. If the granules do not bite off the bears (for example, they have changed their location), then the granules themselves will dissolve over time from irrigation, and they will not bring harm to plants and people who feed on these plants.
If you know that you did not use the drug in vain, then repeat the treatment in two weeks, when new bears hatch from the laid eggs.
Natural (natural) enemies of the bear
The natural enemies of the bear are birds (rooks, starlings, crows, herons, etc.), insectivores (hedgehogs, shrews, moles, lizards), ants (destroy eggs), ground beetles (eat larvae), nematodes of the river. Oxyurius and Telestomum, ticks r. Neothorombium, Caloglyphus and Rhizogliphus. In winters with thaws, there is a mass death of bears from fungal diseases.
Another natural enemy of the bear is the anathema wasp Larra. Somehow, Larra discovers prey in the underground passage, drives her out of there and paralyzes her with three blows of the sting. The wasp then lays one egg under the base of the prey's front leg and flies away. After 5 minutes, the bear comes to life and crawls into its cave, turning into a living food warehouse for the wasp larva. However, unfortunately, this wasp is much less common than the bear.
Beer trap for bears
You can fight with a bear without the use of expensive drugs. Here's what to do in the spring.
IN glass bottles pour 50-100 g of beer and tie the neck with a piece of gauze. Dig bottles obliquely at an angle of 45 ° to the soil surface and sprinkle with earth with a layer of 3-4 cm.
They can’t get back (or maybe they don’t want to?). In one or two weeks, the bottle is filled, then you have to dig it out and pour fresh beer for the bears in another bottle. This method is quite effective. For a day 3-4 bears!
Medvedka is afraid of the smell of pine needles
I read in some newspaper that the bear is afraid of the smell of fir. But the potatoes have already been planted, the tops are large. I decided to cut larch branches and sketch them between the potato rows. When digging potatoes, I did not find a single bear.
In the fall, I prepared dry larch needles, you can pine and spruce. Now I want to try, selectively when planting, along with potatoes, pour larch needles into the hole.
Fighting a bear with help rotten fish
It turns out the bear does not tolerate the smell of rotten fish. When planting seedlings of cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage and other crops, you need to put 1-2 pieces of cheap fish in the hole. Fish heads, scales, entrails are also suitable.
The fish in the ground quickly rot and the bear avoids this place. Beds with crops of beets, carrots, lettuce, etc. surround the perimeter with a small fish and sprinkle it with earth.
By the time the seeds germinate, the fish will begin to spoil. This will prevent the bear from destroying the seeds and seedlings.
I fight with a bear so...
Try it - instead of water, pour fermented beer into the bear's hole, the result will exceed all your expectations!
You can get rid of the pest with the help of millet porridge. A small saucepan is being cooked. The drug from the Colorado potato beetle "Regent" is added to the cooled porridge. Then balls roll from the porridge, which fall in each turn dug by the bear. Here is the victory from the pest for a season or more.
I am watering the path. When the water is absorbed, I strongly press the board into the ground, plywood of any width can be used. The next day I raise it: if the bear is here, then there will definitely be moves. I fill these passages with soapy water.
The eggs and larvae of the bear are well destroyed by loosening the row spacing to a depth of 10-12 cm in the period from the third decade of May to the beginning of the second half of July.
Poisonous baits from boiled grains of corn, wheat, barley, oilcake mixed with metaphos (50 g per 1 kg) are laid out against the bear. 30 g of vegetable oil are added to them and laid out under heaps of manure at the rate of 30-50 g per 1 sq. m. Baits can also be laid out 2-3 days before sowing or between rows after germination or planting seedlings, planting them in the soil to a depth of 2-3 cm.
Recipe for bait from barley, wheat, millet: for 2 kg of bait, take 50 g of karbofos and 30 g sunflower oil. The grain is boiled in salted water. First treated with oil, then karbofos and mixed well. The baits are embedded in grooves to a depth of 2-3 cm. m).
Before planting tomatoes and peppers in the ground, I prepare pieces of cloth. I use any dense material. I cut pieces 15 cm long and 8 cm wide. Before planting, I soak them in water. I tie the stem of the tomato with raw rags so that it remains in the ground and at the top. Medvedka does not touch such tomatoes. And over the summer, rags rot. There is no harm from them to tomatoes.
My method, in principle, is not original, but someone may come in handy.
When I plant tomato seedlings in open ground, I place each plant in segments from the old watering hose 6-8 cm each. To make it more convenient to do this, I cut the rubber along one side, push the edges of the cut apart and insert lower part stem inside. Rubber immediately restores former form. I do not close the root of the seedling, it freely looks out from the bottom of the segment.
To scare away the bear from greenhouses, small grooves are made along the greenhouse grooves (grooves) and sand moistened with kerosene is poured.
Medvedka can be caught for honey
Medvedka can be caught on honey. Take a jar, smear it with honey from the inside below the neck and dig it level with the soil. Top cover with a bent piece of iron or cardboard, then with straw. Medvedka climbs onto the honey and falls to the bottom of the jar.
About other pests
I plant a little potato, so I use this method to fight the Colorado potato beetle. I collect
celandine, pour boiling water and leave overnight, then add 1 teaspoon of washing powder or liquid soap and spray the potatoes with a broom once a week.
Onions, garlic, mint, savory, marigolds are planted next to vegetables against aphids. Chrysanthemums planted near currants and gooseberries save the bushes from powdery mildew. Slugs are afraid of garlic, parsley, lavender.
Lyudmila Saenko, Cherkasy, Ukraine
Windmills against the bear
I managed to get rid of this pest very simply.
My plot is located about a hundred meters from the ravine, into which everyone is dumping all sorts of garbage. It was from this hole that hordes of bears crawled into my garden. In one country newspaper I learned about old method fight them. It is necessary to put windmills on the site at a distance of 5-10 m from each other. For this it is better to use iron pipes(wooden stakes rot quickly) 3 meters high. Attach a light metal propeller to the top of the pipe so that it rotates easily and creates more noise. Bears, apparently, perceive the vibration and noise from the propellers as disaster. In any case, for many years now, harmful insects have bypassed my garden.
Aspen vs Medvedka
It is necessary to prepare stakes from aspen with a diameter = 2-4 cm, a length of 25-30 cm and hammer them into the ground to the entire height of the stake in the places where the bear is settled. To score randomly through 1-2 meters from each other.
Stakes are harvested from the branches of aspens, small aspen fallen by the wind in the forest. You can chop them from sawn logs, but always with bark. Medvedka will not be on the site. This is the old proven way.
It seems that the creation of many Hollywood monsters directors was inspired by the bear insect. And it is not surprising, because this relative of an ordinary domestic cricket, even in its natural size, terrifies many summer residents and gardeners, and even more so enlarged and embellished by film industry workers. The only one who rejoices in this garden monster is the fishermen. They say that catfish takes well for a bear.
And here is how the bear looks in high magnification in the photograph.
Biological characteristics of the insect
Classification
The common bear belongs to the family of the same name. In turn, the superfamily of crickets from the suborder Long-whiskers and the order Orthoptera is higher in the hierarchy.
Dimensions
The size of the bear against the background of many other insects is amazing. In length, her body, not counting the mustache and cerci, reaches five centimeters. The thickness of the abdomen of the insect is about one centimeter in diameter. The length of both whiskers and cerci is about ten millimeters.
Our help! Cerci are appendages at the end of the abdomen of some insect species. They are sense organs, like a bear, or are converted into forceps, like a two-eyed.
Description
Let's describe what a bear looks like. Her body consists of two sections:
- The cephalothorax, its size is about 12-15 millimeters, has a hard shell. The structure of this part of the body allows you to partially hide the head of the insect under the shell.
- Abdomen 30-35 mm long. A pair of wings is attached at its base, often extending along its length. At the end of the abdomen are thread-like appendages - cerci.
The mouth apparatus of the bear is gnawing with powerful jaws capable of biting through hard bark root crops. Near the mouth are antennae and a pair of small short tentacles.
The front legs are transformed into a kind of shovels, allowing the bear to easily dig passages in the soil. The hind legs, unlike grasshoppers or crickets, are simpler; they are not intended for insect jumps, but only for simple movement on the surface or inside their own moves.
The bear's wings allow it to take off in warm weather, when the muscles are warm enough to do the job. True, the bear flies rarely and reluctantly, more often she chooses to move on the ground.
The color scheme of the body of the bear is expressed in brown and brown tones of varying degrees of intensity and tonality of coloring.
Where does the bear live?
Medvedka lives throughout mainland Europe with the exception of the countries of the Scandinavian Peninsula. Its varieties are found in Western and Central Asia, as well as in North Africa and in the Caucasus.
In countries East Asia and Africa, the bear is used as food, like many other insects. They are an excellent protein supplement to plant foods. For those who want to get acquainted with an exotic dish, we offer a simple recipe.
Recipe! In a heated frying pan vegetable oil sauté the garlic for 5 minutes. Add the bear, grasshoppers and other locusts and simmer for 10-15 minutes. Bon Appetit! 🙂
In Russia, the bear (kapustyanka, as it is called in some areas) is found in almost the entire European part, excluding the northern regions.
As for habitats, the insect is found in soils warmed by the sun, with predominantly moist soil. That is why she so loves soft fruits irrigated by gardeners. warm beds especially in greenhouses and greenhouses. Often a bear can be found along the banks of reservoirs, from where it is washed off by coastal waters. This is where the love of some predatory fish for such bait comes from.
Lifestyle
During the day, it is difficult to meet a bear, since it leads a predominantly underground lifestyle and is selected to the surface of the soil mainly in the dark.
In May-June, bears appear on the surface more often than usual. During this period, they reproduce, and instincts move insects to approach each other.
Insects live at a depth of up to 20 centimeters, and for wintering it can burrow into the soil up to one meter, although compost and manure heaps are favorite places for hibernation.
Moving along their courses, they communicate with each other, or rather give signals to their fellow tribesmen. What sounds does the bear make? Yes, the same chirring as that of grasshoppers, only amplified many times over. Biologists say that in this case, the insect emits up to 1.2 mW of energy, which is 200 times higher than that of a cricket. A person at night can hear the chirping of a bear from a distance of six hundred meters.
During the day, bears also chirp, but less intensely. The fact is that the birds that feed on these insects have learned to find them by sound, and in combination with daylight such a hunt may be the most successful.
reproduction
After mating is over, the female lays over five hundred eggs in a pre-prepared mink. It looks like a huge earthen cocoon with big amount eggs.
In the middle of summer, young larvae appear from the eggs, resembling an adult insect, only with a less protected body and developed hind legs, like a grasshopper. In addition, the larvae are devoid of wings and are blind, like newborn kittens.
Before the transformation of the larvae into an adult, it may take from a year to two. In this case, the insect passes from eight to ten links, each of which prepares the body of the nymph for adulthood.
Thus, we see that the bear does not have a pupal stage in development, and the larva, in fact, is an infant form of an adult. This type of insect development is called "incomplete transformation".
Our help! Insect larvae with incomplete metamorphosis not only look like adults, but their behavior and nutrition are similar to adults.
Nutrition and harm
What does a bear eat? The answer to this question seems to be simple, but also complex at the same time. It would seem that if insects gnaw on root crops cultivated plants and eat up the roots of seedlings, then the answer is unequivocal, but it wasn’t there.
Still, many biologists are inclined to believe that the main preference of the bear is given to animal food:
- worms;
- larvae of other insects;
- dead and live insects.
As for damage to root crops, this may be because. that the plant just met a bear on the way. This is supported by the presence of these insects along the banks of rivers, where usually root crops do not grow.
Is the bear dangerous for seedlings? Undoubtedly. The fact is that when digging their moves, the bear sometimes simply does not pay attention to small roots and breaks through its tunnels directly through their places of growth. This underground armored train will not turn a siding to bypass such an insignificant obstacle as the root of a cabbage seedling.
Since the larvae of the bear, as mentioned above, are an exact copy of an adult insect, they feed on almost the same larvae and worms as their parents. A weaker gnawing apparatus does not allow the larvae to damage the root crops, but the soft tender roots encountered on their way will complement their diet.
Benefit
Here, indeed, is the unexpected title of the chapter on the Medvedka. However, even from such a terrible beast there is a benefit to man.
- Medvedki, digging their moves, aerate the soil. Air, getting through their passages underground, brings oxygen there, necessary for the vital activity of microorganisms.
- Medvedok is eaten, and dishes from them are considered delicacies in Thailand and other countries of East Asia.
- Dried insects are used to make medicinal powders that help against tuberculosis and oncological diseases.
- Medvedka, like grasshopper and locust, are excellent bait for fishing. They peck at it: catfish, burbots, chubs, ides, barbels and other types of fish.
- As a predator, the bear destroys many other insects and their larvae, thus significantly helping to protect cultivated plants.
As you can see, this scary-looking insect has many advantages. Whether it specifically harms your garden depends on the number of individuals on the site and the conjuncture of their behavior. Before you start fighting with a bear, carefully weigh the pros and cons, and then draw a conclusion.
Many readers ask, does the bear bite or not? We answer, as such, a bite of a bear is impossible due to the structural features of the mouth. An insect can pinch you with its front paws, and then if you insert a finger into it.
Cultivation of the bear
If there is a benefit from the bear, then it should be bred, which some people do with success. Adults are sold for medicine or to exotic restaurants. Someone just likes to watch their life activity and keeps them like aquarium fish, anglers grow them as future bait.
So, when keeping it at home, the bear is fed:
- worms;
- meat leftovers;
- hamarus, food for aquarium fish;
- caught and crushed by insects;
- small cereals.
But contrary to popular belief, Medvedka practically does not eat potatoes, radishes, cucumbers and apples in captivity.
Interesting around us and below us. Video about the bear:
Medvedka is one of the most impressive with an unusual view large insects(from 3.5 to 8 cm long). She leads a nocturnal underground lifestyle, and she received her fame because of the harm done to garden plots and vegetable gardens. Its claw-like legs are adapted for digging. huge amount passages in the ground, and strong jaws easily cope with gnawing the roots of plants and eating away tunnels in their root crops.
Medvedka has several names, due to its wide distribution and bad reputation:
- top,
- cabbage,
- earth mole,
- earth cancer,
- mole cricket,
- and just a common bear.
Like other insects, the development cycle of a bear is long: an egg - a larva - an adult. In the state of the larva, it can be more than two years and, despite its inactivity, has a good appetite and the ability to harm green spaces.
What do bears and their larvae eat?
Bears are omnivorous: their diet includes both plants and animals.(small insects and invertebrates). They eat earthworms, insects and their larvae, and also do not disdain humus and animal waste products - manure.
It is with manure that summer residents most often bring these gluttonous guests to themselves, from which, due to their rapid reproduction and omnivorous nature, it is very difficult to get rid of.The harm caused by bears does not consist of their attacks on the crop, as locusts do, for example, but from the death of plantings due to damage to the roots. Adult cabbages are rather predators, they feed mainly on worms and beetle larvae (May, Colorado, ladybugs), although it does not refuse seeds, stems and roots.
Their larvae eat the same as adults, but due to their inactivity and weakness of the jaws, the diet is less diverse: small roots, worms, plant seeds, medium-sized insect larvae.For a gardener or vegetable grower, the death of even one seedling is a loss, so they fight with bears in all sorts of ways. This the insect does not like pungent odors and does not eat pungent-smelling plants: parsley, garlic, calendula, alder, marigold, which are recommended for planting beds to prevent pests from visiting.
Feeding and keeping a bear at home
Any classification of an animal and flora on harmful and useful inhabitants is conditional and subjective. Some breed a bear in their garden for the purpose of selling it as a folk remedy, someone just keeps it like a funny little “animal” at home in a box.
In captivity, the cabbage is extremely reluctant to eat vegetables, does not like potatoes, cucumbers, apples or strawberries - something that amateur gardeners accuse her of eating.
So what does a bear eat? They feed her:
- finely chopped meat leftovers,
- crushed insects,
- gammarus (a small crustacean used as fish food),
- as well as cereals from medium-sized grains.
It's important to know!
- Do not give them rotten meat and fish- bears can not stand sharp and unpleasant odors!
- Do not put a container with water, but moisten(without flooding) the soil in which the bear is kept, as it prefers to live in soft, moist and humus-rich soil.
- Food is laid in a mink or nearby: these insects are very active and dig many holes, periodically changing entrances and exits.
Their life expectancy is about 5 years: 2-3 years the larva develops into an adult, and 1-2 years they can live in adulthood, depending on favorable conditions.
We sowed or planted most of the plants in the spring and it seems that in the middle of summer we can already relax. But experienced gardeners know that July is the time of planting vegetables for a late harvest and the possibility of longer storage. This also applies to potatoes. Early summer harvest potato is better to use quickly, it is not suitable for long-term storage. But the second crop of potatoes is exactly what is needed for winter and spring consumption.
Astrakhan tomatoes ripen remarkably lying on the ground, but you should not repeat this experience in the Moscow region. Our tomatoes need support, support, a garter. My neighbors use all sorts of pegs, garters, loops, ready-made plant supports and mesh fences. Each method of fixing the plant in an upright position has its own advantages and " side effects". I'll tell you how I place tomato bushes on trellises, and what comes of it.
Bulgur with pumpkin is a dish for every day, which is easy to prepare in half an hour. Bulgur is boiled separately, the cooking time depends on the size of the grains - whole and coarse grinding for about 20 minutes, fine grinding for just a few minutes, sometimes the cereal is simply poured with boiling water, like couscous. While the cereal is cooking, prepare the pumpkin in sour cream sauce, and then combine the ingredients. If you replace ghee with vegetable oil, and sour cream with soy cream, then it can be included in the lenten menu.
Flies are a sign of unsanitary conditions and carriers of infectious diseases that are dangerous for both humans and animals. People are constantly looking for ways to get rid of nasty insects. In this article, we will talk about the Zlobny TED brand, which specializes in fly protection products and knows a lot about them. The manufacturer has developed a specialized line of drugs to get rid of flying insects anywhere quickly, safely and without extra costs.
The summer months are the time for hydrangeas to bloom. This beautiful deciduous shrub is luxuriously fragrant with flowers from June to September. Large inflorescences florists willingly use for wedding decors and bouquets. To admire the beauty flowering bush hydrangeas in your garden, you should take care of the proper conditions for it. Unfortunately, some hydrangeas do not bloom year after year, despite the care and efforts of gardeners. Why this happens, we will tell in the article.
Every summer resident knows that plants need nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium for full development. These are the three main macronutrients, the deficiency of which significantly affects appearance and yield of plants, and in advanced cases can lead to their death. But at the same time, not everyone understands the importance of other macro- and microelements for plant health. And they are important not only in themselves, but also for the effective absorption of the same nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
garden strawberry, or strawberry, as we used to call it, is one of the early fragrant berries that summer generously endows us with. How we rejoice in this harvest! In order for the "berry boom" to repeat every year, we need to take care of the care of the berry bushes in the summer (after the end of fruiting). The laying of flower buds, from which ovaries will form in spring, and berries in summer, begins approximately 30 days after the end of fruiting.
Spicy pickled watermelon is a savory snack for fatty meat. Watermelons and watermelon rinds have been pickled since time immemorial, but the process is laborious and time consuming. According to my recipe, it’s easy to cook pickled watermelon in 10 minutes, and a spicy snack will be ready by the evening. The watermelon marinated with spices and chili is stored in the refrigerator for several days. Be sure to keep the jar in the refrigerator, not only for the sake of preservation - chilled, this snack is just licking your fingers!
Among the variety of species and hybrids of philodendrons, there are many plants, both gigantic and compact. But not a single species competes in unpretentiousness with the main modest - blushing philodendron. True, his modesty does not concern the appearance of the plant. Reddening stems and cuttings, huge leaves, long shoots, forming, although very large, but also strikingly elegant silhouette, look very elegant. Philodendron blushing requires only one thing - at least minimal care.
Thick Chickpea Soup with Vegetables and Egg is an easy recipe for a hearty first course inspired by Oriental cuisine. Similar thick soups are prepared in India, Morocco, and the countries of Southeast Asia. The tone is set by spices and seasonings - garlic, chili, ginger and a bouquet of spicy spices, which can be assembled to your liking. It is better to fry vegetables and spices in melted butter (ghee) or mix olive oil and butter, it's certainly not the same, but similar in taste.
Plum - well, who does not know her ?! She is loved by many gardeners. And all because it has impressive list varieties, surprising excellent harvests, pleases with its diversity in terms of ripening and huge selection color, shape and taste of fruits. Yes, somewhere she feels better, somewhere worse, but almost no summer resident refuses to grow her on her plot. Today it can be found not only in the south, in middle lane, but also in the Urals, in Siberia.
Many decorative and fruit crops, except drought-resistant, suffer from scorching sun, and conifers in the winter-spring period - from the sun's rays, enhanced by reflection from the snow. In this article, we will talk about unique preparation to protect plants from sunburn and droughts - Sunshet Agrosuccess. The problem is relevant for most regions of Russia. In February and early March, the sun's rays become more active, and the plants are not yet ready for new conditions.
“Each vegetable has its own time”, and each plant has its own optimal time for planting. Anyone who has experienced planting is well aware that the hot season for planting is spring and autumn. This is due to several factors: in spring, the plants have not yet started to grow rapidly, there is no sweltering heat, and precipitation often falls. However, no matter how hard we try, circumstances often develop in such a way that landings have to be carried out at the very height of summer.
Chile con carne translated from Spanish- chili with meat. This is a Texan and Mexican dish whose main ingredients are chili peppers and minced beef. In addition to the main products, there are onions, carrots, tomatoes, and beans. This red lentil chili recipe is delicious! The dish is fiery, burning, very satisfying and amazingly tasty! You can cook a large pot, arrange in containers and freeze - a whole week will be a delicious dinner.
Cucumber is one of my favorites horticultural crops our gardeners. However, not all and not always gardeners manage to get really good harvest. And although growing cucumbers requires regular attention and care, there is a little secret that will significantly increase their yield. It's about about pinching cucumbers. Why, how and when to pinch cucumbers, we will tell in the article. An important point The agricultural technique of cucumbers is their formation, or type of growth.