Bedbug soldier - how to get rid?

When cultivating a land plot on the territory, a bug soldier often appears - not everyone thinks how to get rid of it. In appearance, these small insects, scurrying about their business and outwardly attractive, do not cause concern for the owners of allotments. Nevertheless, the harm from them, although hardly noticeable at once, is. Therefore, you need to know what remedy for bedbugs soldiers can be used and what kind of control measures exist. You will learn about all the features of this conditional garden pest from this article.

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Who is a bug soldier?

Bedbug soldiers belong to the Redbug family. The sizes of adult individuals rarely exceed 12 mm in length, and the larvae are completely invisible to the eye, if you are not puzzled by their search on their territory.

Depending on the particular subspecies, the bug soldier - how to get rid of which you will learn below, can have a different color. But necessarily bright, for example, a combination of yellow with black or red with black.

Important! Most subspecies of these insects live only in tropical climates. In our country, only a few are common, which greatly simplifies the fight against a bug-soldier in the garden.

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Habitats or where to look for a bug soldier?

These representatives of the flora usually settle in colonies, which in combination with a bright color allows you to immediately notice their nests and places of life.

Most often it is:

• stumps;
• woodpiles;
• fences;
• trunks of dried trees.

Important! To facilitate the task and act purposefully, trying to get rid of the bug-soldier, it will not be amiss to know that they prefer to collect these insects only in places with good access to sunlight.

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Why fight red bugs?

Modern agronomists attribute this species of beetles to conditional pests. The reason for this lies in the fact that, in principle, red bugs feed on fallen fruits, seeds, plant shoots, and can also eat smaller insects and even carrion.

But in the absence of available food or in the immediate vicinity of acceptable conditions for them, they can damage cultivated plants. You can find them on cultures of various types, these are:

• flowers
• cabbage;
• various types of umbrella;
• shoots of garden plants;
• young trees;
• grapes.

Important! In the process of finding food, bugs-soldiers can damage various parts of plants - buds, leaves, stems, shoots. As a result, after the insects suck out the juice, the plants lose their vitality, dry out and die completely. The fruits, gnawed by these pests, become unsuitable for human consumption.

Given these factors, it becomes clear that you need to get rid of bedbugs as soon as possible after you notice the first groups of these "uninvited settlers" of your garden.

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How to understand that it is bedbugs that cause harm?

To understand whether damage to cultural plantings is really caused by bugs, soldiers, and not other types of pests, pay attention to the characteristic signs of their activity.

These factors are:

• literally instant drop of buds after the appearance of colonies of red bugs;
• quick death of umbellate, especially dill and coriander;
• curl leaves on carrots;
• the appearance of characteristic black spots with holes on the cabbage leaves.

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When to take measures to combat the bug-soldier?

It is best to think about preventive measures and fight against bugs-soldiers in the early spring, before the period of vegetation and ripening of the fruits has begun.

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How to get rid of red bugs?

When choosing a remedy for a bug-soldier, it is advisable to give preference to the most gentle methods. One of these is the planting and cultivation of plants that drive away these pests with their smell. These include tsimimifuga.

Important! Growing this ornamental plant, you can get another effect - the original decoration of your site, as this species looks very attractive and bright.

If the number of pests is so large that it is already too late to plant black cohosh plants, you will still have to use special chemistry. For this purpose, the drug “Bankol” is suitable.

Important! This remedy for bugs-soldiers is relatively safe for humans, does not have a pungent odor. For use, it is necessary to dissolve 5 mg of the drug in 10 liters of water and spray all affected cultures. The result in the form of complete death of the entire colony will be visible 1-3 days after treatment.

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Helpful hints:

1. Start the fight against the bug-soldier as soon as possible after you notice the presence of insects in your territory.
2. Plant healthy crops away from leguminous plants.
3. Keep track of the amount of alfalfa on your site, as it is very attracted to this type of insect. When it grows, chop down all the stems under the root, not giving the slightest chance to bedbugs for life.

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Now you have more information about the bugs-soldiers and understand what they are harmful. Take preventative measures in early spring and you won’t have to deal with them during the development of your vegetables, berry bushes and fruit trees.