It is small, but it can do great damage. The speech is a summer Summer. How do you recognize him?
At first glance, there is not much… such a small, buclative, brown, furry… just such a beetle… “A lot of people confuse the chroust with a chrom, but there are several differences between the two bugs. First, the chroust is smaller. The chroutek is rather rusty, while the chroust rather dark brown… Beetles also have a different hair.
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Buzzing couldn’t
You can come across the chroustka this season quite simply. He is known to be an extremely clumsy aviator. In his wanderings, he often encounters objects or people. It often happens that even someone gets tangled into someone’s hair. And that’s a real horror movie! “That’s exactly what happened to me. The Chrousek poured into my hair and then crazy in them. I was terrible to hurt me somehow,” admitted forty -year -old reader Tereza from Ostrava, adding that she has been afraid of beetles ever since.
Pest above and underground
Do you also worry about the chroustka? You don’t have to worry. According to experts, this beetle is harmless to humans. But more than you should be afraid of your garden. Chroustka is known to be able to do huge damage when it overgrows. “During July, the female puts the eggs of chroust in soft soil, where it develops for 3-4 years. When overgrowth, they can demolish your entire lawn! As soon as they achieve 14-20 millimeters, they fly into the world. And that’s another ride!
Armor with prevention and nets
In adults, it is typical that they eat fruit trees, but do not despise even the foliage poplar or conifers. So what can you do so that the Chroustians will not make you a monthly landscape from the garden? “Since female chroustka likes to lay eggs directly on wet soil, start to water the plants properly to the roots and not just throughout the area,” recommends the expert and pulls another “sleeve triumph”: “To prevent adult beetles, get networks.
Hen
“Also care about prevention,” the expert recommends, adding that new beetles often sit on the underside of the leaves during the day. If you happen to come across them, collect them and give them to the hens. They like to enjoy them, ”says the expert, adding that he recommends to use chemical products with a greater reproduction of the smokers. Many of them have a long protective period, so keep in mind that you must not harvest and consume fruits from chemically treated trees!
Parasitic mushroom
The expert claims that the rattles have quite a lot of natural enemies, including birds such as starling or bat. Therefore, you do not have to worry that beetles will remain with you for ever. Alternatively, you can dispose of them using parasitic mushrooms of the genus Beauveria and Metarhizium, or insert parasitic nematodes on them. The Nemegreen is excellent, which immediately handles the chroustky.
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