Entomology

ENTOMOLOGY- the scientific study of insects. In the world full of beautiful living things great and small there are insects who are harmful and or harmless to the living. Insects are considered garden friends and foes.

Are you a constant gardener? You probably have encountered so many insects around the garden. Some insects are cute, lovely and wonderful creatures and some are harmful, scary and can make you scream. Being frightened about their looks, their characteristic of being poisonous and several insects that can be very terrifying because they are really the group of what you called "enemies." Some insects can be very beautiful to look at but they are deadly. Anyway plants love insects because of the good things they potentially help them in the carrying-out of their offspring. Butterflies and bees as we all know that they help in the hybrid, pollination and cross pollination of their species. There are insects who created sense of panic, havoc and can destroy the life-giving process of plants. Several of those insects are playful and do no harm but create a balance of respect and interaction within the plant community. Plants and garden friends are mutually interactive and mutually inter-connected in the balance of life in the web of life.

First let me have that pretty ladybug.

 The great good thing about lady bugs they are harmless to the plant kingdom. These small red creatures with black polka dots on their bodies eat aphids. They cleaned the leaves and stems of plants from all the aphid population,  that's how nice they are. So please when you spot them on your plants don't kill them okay?

 The black-blue green beetle, sometimes they are cute to look at. One or two beetles at your garden wont cause much of a problem but when they populated your garden then you should do some tough measures to combat their presence. They are sort of pests when they over populate.

 Carpenter's ant? Sure there is that kind of ant that can be a nuisance if it gets out of control. You wont see them on cold weather because they like hot weather.

 Ants built their nest up on trees and can be harmful to the trees and plants. Of course they are a pest!
Who said they are the Antz, the movie you like to watch?

 Wasp's nest? Or the yellow jacket's hideout? Goodness! Terrifying!!!!!!!!! Shocking! But look how wise they are when choosing their home to stay at. They are like bees. No, not the movie you love. So for anything that bugs you? Don't eat bugs. Kill those bugs! Husband sprayed Raid on that nest for sure. Kiss Bugs life goodbye.

 Now take a closer look at this. How wonderful spiders are when they build their webs. Okay spiders help catch some smaller insects. Spiders eat other insects such as flies, noizzium, fruit flies, horse flies and some smaller spiders. Any insect that get entangled from the web will surely be the "food" for the day of that big spider. Thank goodness there is no tarantula. I hate tarantula. Eeekkkk!!!! I'm sure mosquitoes were trapped in that big spider web.

Bye bye Spider! I know you love her in the movie "James and The Giant Peach" but in reality spiders are very frightening. Yuck!

By the way somebody pulled a trigger on that hanging ant's nest from the tree. I first thought I'll be the one to dismantle it from the top but somebody is a hero and the nest fell on the ground at the yard. When I picked up the nest, there is no ants there; it was empty and the nest is already broken into pieces. I couldn't believe how soft and delicate their nest. It was so light, thin,  like a Japanese paper. How ants build their nest is so incredibly amazing. It feels smoother than the downy fabric softener. Smooth as silk. Wow! 

 

 

What really happened to the moth? You wont believe what happened to the moth so just let us close that story for now.