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Nematodes are the most numerous multicellular animals on earth. A handful of soil will contain thousands of the microscopic worms, many of them parasites of insects, plants or animals. Free-living species are abundant, including nematodes that feed on bacteria, fungi, and other nematodes, yet the vast majority of species encountered are poorly understood biologically. There are nearly 20,000 described species classified in the phylum Nemata.
Beneficial Insects are pretty much what you might think. They are insects we humans like because they eat the insects we don't like or want in our gardens and landscapes. There are thousands of varieties. Some can be specific to one insect and others, like Ladybugs and Preying Mantis eat almost any kind of non-beneficial you can think of.
Small Bio-Garden Pack
Covers 2 - 3,000 sq ft
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Medium Bio-Beneficial Pack
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Large Bio-Garden Pack
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Home Greenhouse BioPack
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- 1,000 Lady bugs
- 1 Million Nematodes(steinernatid and heterorhabditatid)
- 1 praying mantis egg case-containing up to 200 eggs
- 5,000 Thrip predators (Amblyseius cucumeris)
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- 2,000 Lady bugs
- 1 million nematodes
- 2 Praying Mantis Egg Cases
- 5,000 Thrips Predators
- 1,000 Lacewing Eggs
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- 2,000 Lady bugs
- 2 million Nematodes
- 4 Praying Mantis Egg cases
- 5,000 thrips Predators
- 1,000 Lacewing Eggs
- 500 Spidermite Predators(Phytoseiulus persimillis)
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- 1,000 Lady bugs
- 1 million nematodes
- 5,000 thrips Predators
- 500 Spidermite Predators
- 300 Whitefly Parasites
- 2 Grams Mycostop
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The orders for these nematodes and beneficial insect packages are placed for you on Tuesday each week by 1:00 PM. The orders for them must reach us by midnight Monday so we can get the order into the lab for you on Tuesday. They are shipped, the following Tuesday, one week later to arrive at your door on Thursday by second day air. Please use an address where some one will be there to receive them and take proper care of them when they arrive.
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The Nematodes we sell, kill white grubs and larvae, some 250 varieties of insect larvae in the plant root systems including flea larvae.
They are Entomogenous (larvae parasitic) steinernatid and heterorhabditatid Nematodes.
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Download detailed descriptions and application instructions for Nematodes
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Synthetic fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides can kill these organisms, so, just don't do that anymore okay? It's how we got in this mess in the first place!
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- These are all living organisms so, we suggest you apply them in the evening of the day they arrive.
- If not, you can store them in the refrigerator but, you need to apply them within a few days of receiving them.
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Beneficial nematodes are naturally occurring organisms and are not harmful to humans, pets, wildlife, birds, soil, earthworms, water sources or the atmosphere. Nematodes migrate through the soil finding insect larvae by detecting either a slight increase in temperature or release of methane gas. The infective juvenile nematodes enter the larvae and release a symbiotic bacteria that within days, kills the host. The nematodes feed on the bacteria and the decomposed host tissue where they reproduce until numbers drive them out to find a new host. These Nematodes are effective against over 250 species of pest insects including FLEA LARVAE. In field crops they infect and kill caterpillars, cutworms, grubs, root worms, wire worms, sod web worms and other pests. For greenhouses they are particularly effective against fungus gnats, and aid in the control of pupating thrips in the soil. Orchard pest control is enhanced against codling moth and Lepidopteran pests, including those that bore into tree bark or are in the soil during various stages of their life cycle. For turf and lawns, nematodes are particularly effective against cranefly larva, June bug larva and other turf damaging grubs.
- Steinernematids and heterorhabditids have similar life histories. The non-feeding developmentally arrested infective juvenile seeks out insect hosts and initiates infections. When a host has been located, the nematodes penetrate into the insect body cavity, usually via natural body openings (mouth, anus, spiracles) or areas of thin cuticle. Once in the body cavity, a symbiotic bacterium (Xenorhabdus for steinernematids, Photorhabdus for heterorhabditids) is released from the nematode gut, which multiplies rapidly and causes rapid insect death. The nematodes feed upon the bacteria and liquefying host, and mature into adults. Steinernematid infective juveniles may become males or females, where as heterorhabditids develop into self-fertilizing hermaphrodites although subsequent generations within a host produce males and females as well. The life cycle is completed in a few days, and hundreds of thousands of new infective juveniles emerge in search of fresh hosts.
- Thus, entomopathogenic nematodes are a nematode-bacterium complex. The nematode may appear as little more than a biological syringe for its bacterial partner, yet the relationship between these organisms of one of classic mutualism. Nematode growth and reproduction depend upon conditions established in the host cadaver by the bacterium. The bacterium further contributes anti-immune proteins to assist the nematode in overcoming host defenses, and anti-microbials that suppress colonization of the cadaver by competing secondary invaders. Conversely, the bacterium lacks invasive powers and is dependent upon the nematode to locate and penetrate suitable hosts.
Special Instructions for Your Order.
- If you are unable to be home when the package is delivered you might consider placing a cooler near the front door (preferably out of direct sun) with some ice in it, with a note to the delivery person to place the package inside the cooler. If you choose to do this, please know that this will invalidate the replacement guarantee. Therefore, it is best if the you can be there when the package is delivered so they can be put in the refrigerator immediately or used right away.
- The nematodes are guaranteed to arrive alive. Replacements are only allowed providing the you signed for delivery and put them in the refrigerator upon receipt from the carrier and/or applied as directed right away.
- Open the package as soon as you get it, inspect the contents and read the instructions. If you're not going to apply them right away, put them in the fridge.
- Don't toss them in the closet and forget about them
- Don't put them in the basement thinking they'll be cool enough down there
- Don't leave them on the porch overnight or the kitchen table or any other non refrigerated space
- Do not expose them to direct sunlight or intense heat
- Do open the box and read the instructions right away
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