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Powdery Mildew Predators

troutman

troutman

Seed Whore
Somebody has get the ball rolling and market these two ladybugs.

In Europe, there's a ladybug that eats mildew. It's the 22 spot ladybug. (Psyllobora_vigintiduopunctata)
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Unlike most other ladybirds which feed on aphids, P. 22-punctata eats mildew
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyllobora_vigintiduopunctata

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51660-Psyllobora-vigintiduopunctata

https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/22-spot-ladybird

It seems there's another labybug that eats powdery mildew and this one is present in North America. :)

It's the 20 spot ladybug. (Psyllobora vigintimaculata)

https://bugguide.net/node/view/39631

https://inaturalist.ca/taxa/118967-Psyllobora-vigintimaculata


In early spring, occurs in numbers about the base of skunk cabbage and on leaves of various shrubs.
In summer and fall, occurs on any plant with powdery mildew, from ground-level to treetop.
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Adult Psyllobora vigintimaculata, a North American mycophagous coccinellid, grazing on a patch of powdery mildew fungi.

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An individual Psyllobora vigintimaculata larva feeding on the powdery mildew (PM) Erysiphe chicoracearum infecting
Zinnia elegan. Leaf area exposed to and fed upon by the larva is visibly discernable from unexposed PM-infected leaf
area.

An-individual-Psyllobora-vigintimaculata-larva-feeding-on-the-powdery-mildew-PM_Q320.jpg
 
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troutman

troutman

Seed Whore
^^^ The reality is there's probably a natural solution to most pests or plant diseases. If there wasn't all plants would be dead in over time.
The issue is finding those natural solutions and applying that info. I just emailed a place that sells beneficial insects to see if they can find
a source for them. I'm sure they would sell. The sooner we can get rid of chemical sprays the safer food and natural medicines would be.
 
WHIPEDMEAT

WHIPEDMEAT

Modortalan
Supermod
Veteran
that is not my picture, it is a great site about the insect species living in Hungary, everyone can upload,


and specialists will approve the correct description and fit it into the right familys and subspecies
 
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budau

New member
Amazing, I wonder how effective they are at clearing PM. Also, do they solely live off PM or is like a supplemental part of their diet.
 
WHIPEDMEAT

WHIPEDMEAT

Modortalan
Supermod
Veteran
that is why we have a denture to chew with
first step of digestion is chewing


but people forgt about it
 
troutman

troutman

Seed Whore
^^^^ I would be willing to bet that insects have a stronger digestive system than Humans. ;)

I also suspect that the Human digestive system is getting weaker with all the processed food we eat.
 
WHIPEDMEAT

WHIPEDMEAT

Modortalan
Supermod
Veteran
turbopeadestroyers




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and not only the taste of the food, but look the newer generation kids, lot of them have problems with speaking, they can t say certain letters,



it is also connected in some cases with their eating habits.
 
Vandenberg

Vandenberg

Active member
420giveaway
Readily available biological predators, just add water. Fyi

Readily available biological predators, just add water. Fyi

ACTINOVATE FUNGICIDE (Grey mold, Root Rot, Damping off, Powdery Mildew ) works just like other biological controls (the classic example of a biological control is the use of ladybugs to control aphids), only the organisms in Actinovate act on a microscopic level.

Actinovate uses a natural enemy of fungal pathogens to keep these pathogens from destroying your crops.
This natural enemy is a beneficial bacteria called Streptomyces lydicus WYEC 108, which is a naturally occurring soil bacterium that was originally isolated from the roots of a linseed plant in England, and patented worldwide.
It comes as a powder in a small pouch, easy to get in the mail.

Vandenberg :)
 
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LNG

Member
troutman said:
^^^ The reality is there's probably a natural solution to most pests or plant diseases. If there wasn't all plants would be dead in over time.
The issue is finding those natural solutions and applying that info. I just emailed a place that sells beneficial insects to see if they can find
a source for them. I'm sure they would sell. The sooner we can get rid of chemical sprays the safer food and natural medicines would be.
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If there's a lifeform, in most cases, there will be something that eats it. There could be a by-product produced at the end, but surely there is some enzyme, bacteria or other decomposer to deal with that too.
In my own recent experience, I can pretty much find a natural way of dealing with an issue in my indoor grow. I did get funny looks digging up earthworms on a riverside tho... People generally don't do that over here.
 
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