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Petesin
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 Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 2:04 pm Post subject: Beatles on my lawn |
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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 |
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Wily Wilde
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 2:04 pm Post subject: Re: Beatles on my lawn |
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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
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Jonno
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:03 am Post subject: Re: Beatles on my lawn |
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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/
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| Quote: | 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.
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0tterbot
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:01 am Post subject: Re: Beatles on my lawn |
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"Petesin" <wh@***> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I have noticed in the last month a huge increase in beatles in my yard at
night.
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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
| Quote: | 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.
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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.
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Petesin
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 2:28 pm Post subject: Re: Beatles on my lawn |
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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!
"Petesin" <wh@***> wrote in message
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| Quote: | 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
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Jonno
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| Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:50 am Post subject: Re: Beatles on my lawn |
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Thats OK You were having a senior moment.
"Petesin" <wh@***> wrote in message
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| Quote: | 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!
"Petesin" <wh@***> wrote in message
news:456c1300$0$9776$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
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
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