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Monthly Archives: October 2016

Hoverflies are in big numbers across Melbourne right now. They are eating aphids. — I bet most of you have noticed huge numbers of hoverflies in the garden recently? Hoverflies look like small bees and they are one of the most beneficial insects to have in the garden. I’ve spent ages watching them in the garden this week. Their larvae are incredible the way […]

Hoverfly populations have exploded across Melbourne to control aphids!

This entry was posted in Garden Pests on October 20, 2016 by Leaf, Root & Fruit

How to control earwigs in Melbourne Gardens — Earwigs are the great decomposers of the garden. Sometimes though, they decompose things that we don’t want them to… like our seedlings! Earwigs are common unwanted visitors to most gardens in Melbourne. They can be quite prevalent in October, which is coincidentally, the time that many of us are looking […]

How to Control Earwigs in the Garden

This entry was posted in Garden Pests on October 4, 2016 by Leaf, Root & Fruit