Onion hoverfly what this is and how to fight it?
DA dangerous pest is very unusual, and even a good name,
is not it? But in fact the name of the onion fly hoverflies hiding green-bronze color with two gray stripes on the back.
INzroslaya hoverfly reaches a size of 1 cm, and its larvae are harmful primarily to the fact that in the spring embedded in the underground parts of onion, garlic, narcissus, tulips and even potatoes, and eat the fruit.
FROMvoo name of the pest was because, first, the favorite treat of its larvae - a bow and flower bulbs and Second, adults in flight emit a distinctive "gurgling" sound that is different from the usual buzz of flies.
How to deal with onion hoverflies?
Fight the pest can and chemistry, but I prefer the natural ways:
- The constant alternation bow landing site - Never do not put onions in the same place for more than two years, otherwise sooner or later on the site of the permanent growth of onion will indicate hoverfly.
- Plant onions next to carrots - at this beautiful pair of excellent property: volatile repel onion carrot midges and volatile contained in carrot tops perfectly repel onion hover flies.
- If the beds are already hatched pests around scatter tobacco dust or mahorochnuyu - She also successfully deters pests.
- After the completion of the summer season when digging the earth must be removed from the earth all plant debris - they may contain larvae of pests.
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