How to get rid of the bear in the garden forever

Medvedka is recognized as one of the most dangerous pests of garden crops. Belongs to the family of half-winged. In the world there are more than 100 species of insect. Photo and description the little bears presented below, as well as the most effective methods of control, folk remedies, professional drugs.

Meet the Beetle

What a bear is is known to gardeners who are mercilessly fighting this pest. A large insect with a strange appearance. It is called a masterpiece of evolution. The garden bear lives in the land, flies - rises into the air to a height of 5 m, swims - overcomes puddles, escapes from flooding.

Interesting!

The bear surprises with its appearance. The head and chest are protected by a dense shell, large massive limbs, round convex eyes resemble cancer. People call the insect earthen crustacean.

Three pairs of limbs perform different functions. The front ones are designed for digging trenches in the ground. With claws at the ends, more like the legs of a mole. The middle limbs provide the insect with quick, quick movement. Because of this property, the bear is called the top. The hind limbs are springy, allowing the bug to jump in height. To this add a body length of about 8 cm, a long mustache, tail, wings - it turns out a real monster.

Despite its awesome appearance, earthen the bear does not bitedoes not threaten human life. Wrecking is in her life.

Dangerous pest in the garden

Burrows bear go deep into 70 cm, if the soil is dry. They are located at a level of 5 cm from the surface in chernozem with a high level of humidity. Wintering is carried out in a nest at a depth of 2 m.

Digs the earth with forelimbs. Builds mazes with numerous moves, four exits. In the center makes a nest where it lays eggs. In one masonry, there are up to 500 pieces. Photos of moves and holes are presented below. The passages look like an intricate labyrinth with several entrances in the form of small holes on the soil surface. It can be recognized after rain, clearly visible on slightly compacted soil.

After 2 weeks, larvae emerge from the eggs, which are mistakenly considered similar to beetle larvae. Initially, they feed on the saliva of the mother, the eggshell. After 7 days pass the first molt. They increase in size up to 5 mm, become like an adult.

A photo and description of the bear’s larvae suggests that the insect is not as dangerous as an adult beetle. However, the appetites of the larvae are quite strong. Small voracious creatures gnaw through the roots of seedlings, seedlings, young plants, causing irreparable harm. To destroy the bear use different methods, all kinds of ways.

It is not difficult to guess what the pest eats in the garden - the underground part of plants, stems. It lives throughout the site.

On a note!

Danger is any plant in the garden, except for garlic.Additionally it feeds on small insects, caterpillars, earthworms, and larvae of other underground inhabitants.

Folk recipes

Methods of dealing with the bear have been invented by generations. The pest annoys gardeners who are trying in every possible way to get rid of it. Fighting folk remedies is carried out with the help of traps, deterrents, strongly smelling plants. About how to deal with a bear in the garden, we will discuss below.

Chicken droppings

Forever get rid of the bear in the garden allows proper top dressing. In a land with a high nitrogen content, the pest does not live. To reach the required level, you need to use chicken droppings. Additionally, it repels insects with a strong odor. Throughout the growing season, plants are sprayed with a solution of water with diluted droppings. On 1 bucket use a glass of manure. It may seem like a bear on the site, but it won’t build the nest for sure.

Physical destruction of nests.

You can destroy the bear in a physical way. Carefully dig the ground in places where traces of the pest have been noticed. Nests are carefully collected in a bucket, taken out of the garden, doused with kerosene, gasoline, any combustible mixture, burned.

Soap and powder

You can get rid of the bear with folk remedies using soapy water. Powder or any detergent is diluted in a bucket of water. Pour into holes. In some cases, the insect will crawl out onto the surface from the back. You can kill a bear with a shovel, chopping in half. In others, it is trapped, dies, pops up already dead.

Ammonia

The fight against cabbage is being ammonia. The most effective way for seedlings. Ammonia is bred in a bucket of water. For 10 liters of liquid 2 tbsp. spoon means. Water the earth, not reaching the stem of the plant by 10 cm.

Tar

You can process the tomato root with a solution of birch tar. Soak for half an hour before planting. For 3 liters, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of the drug. With the help of birch tar, a fight is carried out with a bear in the spring. Use stakes, the material for which is aspen. Rubbed with tar, dig around the garden to a depth of 20 cm. The distance between them is about 4 m. Another way using this product is to get rid of cabbage, soak the sawdust in birch tar for a day, then they pour it into the holes before planting, dig it between the rows, near the bush.

Kerosene

The best way to repel kerosene. It is impregnated with sand. Make small grooves near the seedlings, between rows, sprinkle, slightly cover with earth.

Smells

You can defeat a bear in the garden with plants. On the plot, flower beds with chrysanthemums, calendula, marigolds are planted. Frightening plants are planted in a summer cottage. The bear does not like the smell of these flowers, flees, avoids the territory. You can scare off the garden with peppermint, parsley, planting bushes at different angles of the site. Garlic also helps fight it, as evidenced by numerous reviews.

What the bear is still afraid of is the smell of pine, ate. Branches dig in any site, for different cultures. Tomatoes can serve as sticks for tying.

Treat the green parts of the plant with essential oils. Drops from the bear - mint, marigold, chrysanthemum. For 400 ml of water, 20 drops each. Can be used in the garden.

Traps

With a bear in the garden traps. The simplest, most effective option is what gardeners do with their own hands. They dig in a bottle at a slant, pour a small amount of beer. Cover with linoleum to create a twilight. About 12 animals are placed in one bottle. The fight with the bear is conducted all season.

Eggshell

A bear in the garden does more damage by digging moves. To stop this activity, you need to dig crushed eggshell. Having stumbled upon sharp edges, a cabbage or a bear goes around. Soon completely leaves the territory.

Iodine

To save the beds of carrots, beets, you need to water the ground before planting a solution of iodine. The tool is prepared as follows. Iodine is added to a bucket of water - 15 drops.

Pest control begins immediately, as soon as they found signs of a bear, its vital activity. A windmill can scare away a bear from a site. It makes a noise that insects fear. He will protect from rodents.

Professional methods

If it is not possible to exterminate the army of pests with folk remedies, they proceed to “heavy artillery”. Insecticidal preparations contain active ingredients in the composition, which penetrate into the insides through the cover, mouth. In order for the insect control agents to work, they need to be touched or eaten.

The poison from the bear acts on the nervous system, blocks impulses, causes paralysis, death. Properties do not lose within a month, is split completely in 45 days. For humans, it is not dangerous when observing safety rules, instructions for use.

• The bait for the bear is made from cereals, peas. Boil, mix with poison. Creole from a bear helps well. Diluted according to the instructions. The ready-made solution is mixed into the porridge, several tablespoons of fried vegetable oil are added. They are laid out near minks, dug near plants, between rows. Such a tool will help to exterminate all pests in a month.
• Actara from the bear is used in a similar way. It can be used to spray plants, because insects gnaw their stems, green parts. Processing plants also helps to fight the larvae of the bear, which are extremely voracious. The drug acts on any living creature, while saving from the Colorado potato beetle.
• Carbit or Karbofos is bred according to the instructions. About 100 ml per bucket of water. Soak in it young peas for a day. They lay out the bait throughout the land, slightly digging it with the ground.

In addition to the above, there are other popular means:

• Regent;
• Waterafox;
• Parachute;
• Rembek.

The use of funds from the bear is one of the options for the fight. Due attention should be paid to prevention, soil plowing twice a year, proper fertilizer.