What does a bear animal look like. Folk methods of dealing with Medvedka (advice from summer residents)

Recently saved the site from the invasion of the bear. Since this was the first time in my practice, I turned to friends and acquaintances for help, who advised different ways to deal with the pest. I tried everything I could, and now I am sharing with you a description of the most effective ways to get rid of cabbage caps along with a photo.

I remember how happy I was that one of the most dangerous insects in my area does not appear and does not spoil the plants, but, apparently, my time has come to get acquainted with the bear.

In appearance, the cabbage resembles cancer. Dense shell, large forelimbs, bulging round eyes - very similar, so you can find an alternative name for the bear "earth crustacean". The front pair of limbs is used for digging.

The second pair is designed to move, by the way, very fast, for which the insect was called the "top". And the hind limbs help to jump high up, planning on the wings. The body length of the bear is 8 centimeters, including the tail and not taking into account the long whiskers. Now imagine this monster flying at you. Unpleasant, right?

In total, there are more than 100 species of this beetle of the Hemiptera family. And each of them perfectly survives in the ground, can fly at a height of about 5 meters, swim - a real masterpiece of evolution. It is a pity that the indefatigable energy of the beetle is not directed to the benefit of gardeners.

It is good that, despite how it looks, this miracle of nature is not dangerous for humans and causes harm only to garden plots.

In addition to the many underground passages, already an unpleasant phenomenon, cabbages eat underground parts and stems of plants (except garlic), and with great appetite, and since they live in colonies, colossal harm is done ...

Where does the earthen crustacean live

Wielding the front pair of paws, the spinning top is engaged in the construction of labyrinths 5 cm below the ground and passages with 4 different exits, clearly visible after the rain. It hibernates in a nest that goes several meters deep into the soil.

Nests to increase the population with a diameter of 6 cm are built in manure and garbage heaps, on paths. The fertility of the bear can only be envied - the clutch can reach several hundred eggs.

The destruction of the nest and passages lead to the death of eggs and larvae, but the adult individual will certainly rebuild the broken entrances to the labyrinth. A disturbed habitat is not so easy to restore, but it is also problematic to get to it.

Folk remedies against Medvedka

How to deal with Medvedka people learned by trial and error. Strong smells, droppings, traps and other methods were used, which I will now discuss in more detail.

Execute, no pardon

The physical destruction of nests occurs during the period of digging up the site in the places where the kapustyanka is found. The discovered nests are collected, carried away and burned, previously doused with hot liquid.

Alkaline solutions

Insects are intolerant of soap solutions, so take advantage of this. You can dilute soap, detergent or washing powder. I used the latter. We take 4 tablespoons in a bucket of water, stir and pour half a liter into each mink.

In my case, the bears crawled out of their holes, never to climb there again. A friend told me that after this, her funds died on their own, but my version is more common.

oil solution

The most budgetary way that my grandmother uses. One tablespoon of vegetable oil is diluted in 4-5 liters of water and the mink of the bear is filled to the top, pouring liquid through the entrance. The oil film prevents the passage of air, so the insect either crawls out of the passage where you are waiting for it, or dies from lack of oxygen.

chicken manure

Soils with a high level of nitrogen content are unsuitable for the bear, so proper feeding with chicken droppings can solve the problem of the appearance of the pest.

During the ripening period, the insect can be repelled by spraying the plants with a solution of chicken manure, which has a pungent odor. A glass of litter is added to 10 liters of water.

ammonium chloride

In addition to pest control, ammonia fertilizes the soil, so a 2-in-1 product. Dilute 2 tablespoons in a bucket of water and pour over the earth, on the palm of your hand, not reaching the stems.

Kerosene

You can scare away the insect with the help of kerosene, in which sand is soaked and placed in the grooves between the seedlings, slightly covered with earth.

Pungent odors

The odors that repel earthen crustaceans can be given not by foreign substances, but by the plants themselves.

• Chrysanthemum;
• Calendula;
• Marigold;
• Peppermint;
• Parsley;
• Garlic;
• Pine.

Use the essential oils of the indicated plants at a ratio of 20 drops/400 ml for spraying.

Eggshell

Personally, this method did not help me much, but perhaps it's the amount of shell. Digging moves harms plants, therefore, to avoid the appearance of holes, dig in crushed eggshells on the site, the sharp edges of which force the beetle to look for workarounds and take them out of the garden.

Do-it-yourself trap for a bear

You can make your own insect trap. Dig in a beer bottle at an angle (not full, of course, for bait). Cover with something, creating a blackout, and wait. An individual attracted by the smell will climb into the bottle, but will not be able to get out.

A windmill will help scare away the pest, the sound of which frightens both insects and rodents.

professional tools

If folk remedies turned out to be useless, or you don’t want to waste time trying your luck, use proven insecticides that kill on the spot. They penetrate through the integument and the oral cavity, so to start the action they need to be eaten or at least touched.

Poisons affect the nervous system, blocking impulses and causing paralysis and then death. Completely decompose in 45 days. When used correctly, they do not pose a threat to humans.

• Creolin is bred in accordance with the instructions, after which it is added to the bait from cereals or peas. You can pour in a few tablespoons of vegetable oil. Spread next to the minks, dig near the plants and between the rows. The approximate period for the destruction of pests is a month.
• The use of the universal Actara proceeds in a similar way. But it can be used to get rid of other insect pests by spraying the green parts of plants.
• Follow the instructions on the packaging of Karbit or Karbofos. The approximate dosage is 100 ml / 10 liters of water. Soak the young peas in the resulting solution for 24 hours, and then spread over the area, digging.

You can use the Regent or Rembek, but I have not come across them, so I can’t say anything good or bad.

The fight against the bear, no doubt, will end successfully, but how much time will it take ... Isn't it easier to devote time to prevention in the form of digging the site twice a year and high-quality fertilizer?

Medvedka, the name of this insect is well known to all gardeners, summer residents, gardeners, those who grow plants, and it is familiar in a negative aspect. After all, the bear (she is a cabbage, she is a cricket-mole) is a pest for many plants. What are the habits of this insect, how it looks and how to deal with it, read about all this further in our article.

Where did the name "bear" come from?

Medvedki got their name because of their appearance, large size, brown-brown color and clawed front paws. All this gave reason to compare this insect with brown.

The second name of the bear - "cabbage" was due to her love for young cabbage seedlings. But the third name "mole cricket" comes from the Latin "Gryllotalpa" (actually translated as "mole cricket") and it is also not accidental. Medvedka is similar to the body structure and the ability to make sounds, and it is similar to the mole in its ability to burrow into the ground and extended brushes of the front paws, which contribute to digging the earth.

Medvedka: description, structure, characteristics. What does a bear look like?

Medvedki belong to arthropod insects and are quite large (as for insects) in size. The length of the body of the bear is from 3.5 to 5 cm. From above, its body has a brownish-brown color, from below it is brownish-yellow. The body of the bear is covered with fine hairs.

The visual structure of the bear.

The head of the insect has a direct or prognathic position in relation to the body. The axis of the body coincides with the axis of the head. The mouth organs are powerful and forward-facing jaws, and next to them are two pairs of tentacles.

The eyes of the bear are still large and clearly visible, they have a faceted structure and are located on the sides of the head. On the head itself there are small filiform antennae.

The pronotum of the bear with lateral parts (lobes) that hang down is large and flat, it is a distinctive feature of this insect. The head and front part of the body of this creature is covered with a dense chitinous shell, with the help of which the bear can push and compact the ground when digging holes. Thanks to him, she is somewhat reminiscent of cancer.

The abdomen of the bear is thick, it has 1 cm in diameter, and anal and genital plates are located on its top.

Medvedka has two pairs of wings:

• The forewings are modified into short leathery elytra, they are covered with thick veins. In length, they reach the middle of the abdomen.
• The hind wings of the bear are long, wide, transparent and membranous, with thin veins. In a calm state, they fan-shaped fold along the abdomen in the form of bundles. But during the flight of the cabbage, it is the hind wings that take the main part, while the front wings are involved only to a limited extent.

An interesting fact: it is by the venation of the elytra of a bear that one can distinguish males from females. The larvae of this insect have no wings.

And the bear has as many as three pairs of limbs, and each of them consists of a coxa, a trochanter, a thigh, a lower leg and a 3-segmented foot. The hind legs are strong, as they are designed for movement and have 1-4 spikes on their inner side. The forelimbs, somewhat reminiscent of claws, in fact, are a burrowing apparatus.

An interesting fact: the hearing apparatus of the bear is located on the shins of the forelimbs, just like in grasshoppers, crickets and some other chirping insects.

What sounds does the bear make

Medvedka, like a cricket, is a “musical” insect, capable of emitting chirring trills, which can sometimes be heard at a distance of up to half a kilometer. Sounds are made by hard front elytra against each other.

The trills of the bears serve to communicate between them, as well as to a very important matter - the sexual reproduction of insects, since through the performance of "love serenades" males invite females. Females, by the way, are also able to chirp. The sound power of the bear is 1.4 mW, while that of the cricket is only 0.06 mW.

How long does a bear live

The life expectancy of a bear is three to five years.

What does a bear eat

All summer residents know that the bear is the most common pest of vegetable, fruit, berry and horticultural crops. They damage roots, tubers, seeds, underground parts of plants, and sometimes even eat young plants. Medvedki spoil potatoes, corn, beets, cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, peppers, turnips, pumpkins, watermelons, melons, grapes and many other crops. In the south, exotic citrus fruits (oranges, tangerines, lemons), peanuts, cotton, and tea also suffer from them. In the forests, bears damage the roots of many trees: oaks, beeches, pines, etc.

But do not think that bears are exclusively vegetarians (however, very harmful vegetarians), being omnivores, they also eat some living creatures: earthworms, dragonflies, beetles and some other smaller insects.

Where does the bear live

These insects live over a wide geographical range, almost everywhere in Eurasia (with the exception of the northern Scandinavian countries), in North Africa, in both Americas, and in Australia. They are absent only in Antarctica and the northern Arctic regions.

As a habitat, bears most of all love wet places: meadows, floodplains. They usually live in underground passages, often found near irrigation canals, in wetlands.

The lifestyle of a bear (kapustyanka)

These insects prefer to lead a hidden and nocturnal lifestyle, hiding in their burrows during the day and going hunting at night. Their presence in the garden area can be determined by the winding, loosened ridges of the earth, small holes in the ground, and, of course, by healthy plants that, for no reason, suddenly begin to die.

This is what the tunnels of the bear look like.

It is at night that the bears are engaged in spoiling / eating plants, and in search of food they are able to fly over considerable distances (usually they are attracted to bright light). And they are able not only to fly, but also to swim.

Natural enemies of the bear

Of course, the bear has its own enemies in natural conditions, among them rooks, starlings, crows, moles, ants (they pose a threat to the larvae of the bear). Also among pets, the enemy of this insect harmful to the garden is, which can hunt and eat the bear like mice and rats, which is of great benefit to the economy.

Medvedka as bait for fish

Fishermen take note, this creature is great as bait for big fish like catfish. True, it is important that the bear itself be alive.

Types of bears, photos and names

Different types of bears practically do not differ from each other, neither in appearance, nor in habits and way of life. They can be biologically distinguished only by their number. Next, we describe in detail some common types of bears.

In fact, this is the most common species among these insects. It is widely distributed in Europe (with the exception of Scandinavia), lives in a number of Asian countries and northern Africa. Almost everything that we describe here about bears, first of all, concerns the common bear.

It has a slightly smaller size than the common bear, the body length is 2.5-3.5 cm. It has a brown-yellow color of the body. Lives in the African tropics and subtropics, but in addition to the "Black Continent" is also found in Southeast Asia and even on the Japanese islands.

This species is small in size - from 1.9 to 3 cm. It inhabits both Americas, and it is believed that they were originally found only in North America, but gradually penetrated into South America.

In appearance, it is an exact double of the common bear. As a habitat, this species prefers the steppe area, lives in the steppe belt of our country in Ukraine, in the south of Russia, in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and a number of other Middle Eastern countries.

Medvedka breeding

The mating season for bears begins in the spring, after their mass exodus from the burrows in which they hibernated. Moreover, the mating process itself takes place underground, in burrows. In summer, offspring already appear.

Both the female and the male bear carefully prepare for the appearance of future children, they dig complex and branched underground labyrinths and at a shallow depth (about 5 cm from the surface) create spherical nests 10 cm in diameter. In these nesting places, the female bear lays from 300 to 600 eggs. All this time, the female does not leave her eggs, maintaining the desired temperature and providing ventilation, for this purpose she continually cleans the passages, eats up the roots of plants that cast a shadow on the eggs, etc. All this is critical for the survival of the offspring. Medvedka eggs themselves are somewhat reminiscent of millet grains, they are oval in shape, yellowish-gray in color and no more than 2 mm in size.

After 10-20 days, larvae begin to hatch from the eggs of the bear, they are also nymphs, which are small gray six-legged wingless creatures. Otherwise, they look like adults. The first 20-30 days, the larvae are under the close protection of the mother, and at the end of this period, the female bear, which gave birth to abundant offspring, alas, dies. At this time, the larvae are already creeping into holes, they themselves begin to dig their holes and look for food. Their development and transformation into a full-fledged adult takes from 1 to 2.5 years.

Where and how does the bear hibernate

Medvedki overwinter (as well as their larvae) in the soil, manure or humus. Moreover, in winter, they burrow many times deeper than in summer - sometimes to a depth of up to 100-120 cm from the surface.

How to deal with a bear

The struggle between this insect pest and the gardener has been going on since ancient times, in the arsenal of the fight against the bear there are both time-tested folk remedies and modern pest control. Next, we will dwell on this in detail.

Chemical preparations from the bear

You can make bait for her from steamed grains of corn, oats, barley, wheat or rye, not forgetting to add poison there. Previously, such potent agents as zinc phosphide and dust (DDT) were added to such baits. Now, for this, they use much safer special poisons exclusively for bears, for example, Medvetoks, they do not harm the soil, earthworms, but only kill pests.

Ready-made bait can be purchased at a specialized store. It is optimal to introduce it into the soil in early spring, a week before sowing crops.

Agrotechnical measures

Agrotechnical measures, such as deep spring and autumn plowing, regular loosening of the soil, also help to get rid of the bear in the garden or garden plot.

Destruction of the bear by mechanical means

You can try to fight with a bear and various mechanical means.

• Arrange traps for them in the manure pits. The fact is that they like to spend the winter in manure. And when they gather in the manure pit in winter, it should be scattered around the garden. Medvedki, who are there, will die from the cold. True, this is only true for places with a cold climate.
• In the place of accumulation of the bear, dig a jar or bottle into the ground. Then pour beer into it as bait. Having climbed there, the bears will no longer be able to get out.
• Set up light traps for the bears - arrange garden lights, and under them containers filled with water and kerosene. Since at night the bears fly into the light, then hitting the lantern, they will fall into the liquid prepared for them.
• In minks made by pests, you can pour water with sunflower oil. Water will push them to the surface, and oil will not let them breathe.

Fighting Medvedka with folk remedies

• - You can try to scare away the bear with unpleasant smells for them. These are: rotten fish, onion peel, wormwood, garlic cloves and mint.
• You can also water the ground with diluted bird droppings. Chicken will do too.
• Plant plants that the bear does not tolerate: garlic, chrysanthemums, perennial cloves.

Precautions when dealing with a bear in the garden

When using strong chemicals against the bear, one must be careful. Instead, other plants, soil or pets should not suffer.

• Gourmets of Southeast Asia sometimes use these insects as a treat. Moreover, they are cooked in fried, stewed, pickled form, with the addition of seasonings or even without them.
• Sometimes the bear does some good, as it destroys the larvae of the May beetles and some other insects that eat plants.
• It is not strange that the benefit of the bear is also in the field of pharmaceuticals. So they make a powder out of it, which goes as one of the components for a cure for tuberculosis.

Medvedka, video

And finally, a short practical video on how to deal with a bear.

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Medvedka, photo and description and how to deal with an insect on the site you will learn about this from our article. It is a rather serious pest in the garden. This is a large insect with wings and a hard shell that can destroy many plants. It is also called cabbage, as the pest loves to feast on cabbage leaves.

Description and photo of the bear

A garden planted with various vegetable plants attracts bear. They eat young leaves, tubers, roots.

If you have prepared the site well for planting, loosened the soil, fertilized it, then this will attract cabbages even more, as it will be convenient for them to break through tunnels in such land.

Reasons for the appearance

Medvedka quite a picky insect, it doesn't eat weeds so it won't spawn on abandoned land.

Interesting! The body of the bear is covered on top with a hard brownish shell, which is similar to the shell of crayfish, because of this it is also called earthen cancer. Because of the sounds made by insects and digging tunnels, they are called cricket moles. Pests eat plants, as a rule, at night.

Characteristic features of the bear

• an adult insect cannot be crushed with fingers, like many beetles and their larvae;
• it has a thick abdomen, its diameter is up to 1 cm;
• with the help of rubbing against each other of the harsh front elytra, the insect emits trills, they can be heard at a distance of up to 1.5 km;
• the body is covered with small hairs, it is long, ends with 2 long appendages, similar to antennae - cerci;
• a large head, powerful jaws, strong forepaws resembling claws, and also mustaches give Medvedka awesome look;
• if the insect finds enough food, it will grow to 5-6 cm;
• insect larvae are thick, milky white, have spots on the sides;
• the appearance of the larva is repulsive, it has short legs, powerful jaws, a yellowish-brown head.

With the help of wings, an adult flies from one place to another and looks for food. The female pest lays a hundred or more eggs in one oviposition. An adult female makes a nest under the soil, not too deep, and lays her eggs. From above, the nest is covered with a dome; it can be seen on the surface of the earth as a small elevation. This is done for heating by the sun. Then the eggs hatch larvae, they are 2-3 mm long, milky in color, they have a shell on their head, but it is not hard. Insects mature only after 1-2 years.

If the gardener did not find pests on the site in a timely manner, then he will not be able to reap a bountiful harvest: bears omnivorous, they breed in the garden and gnaw roots, tubers, foliage, stems.

The main signs of a bear in the garden

At first, you may not see insects on the site, but then they are found according to the following signs:

• swollen areas of soil above the nests;
• paths - furrows in the beds, which are easy to see after watering and showers;
• open entrances - holes in the hole;
• wilting of seedlings and sprouts;
• death of young seedlings;
• damaged tubers.

Reference! In 24 hours, the larva of the earth beetle can eat up to 15 young seedlings.

Harm

The main problem is that the insect eats both roots, tubers, and stems, leaves.

Medvedka eats:

• potato tubers;
• shrub rhizomes;
• root vegetables of carrots, beets;
• eggplant;
• radish;
• cabbage heads;
• radish;
• hemp;
• tomatoes;
• pepper;
• parsley roots;
• various flowers.

In addition, the insect digs out multi-level passages in the ground, and then intensively lays eggs inside them. Appearing larvae gnaw rhizomes, root crops, destroy crops in the garden.

Watch the video! Medvedka: photo and description

Fighting methods

Pest attack prevention - proper land preparation for planting.

Traps

You can make several types of traps that have a good effect:

1. Dung traps. Insects love to be in warm, loose manure in winter. For capture bears you should dig a hole with a depth, width and length of 50 cm. Then manure is poured into the hole, they wait until the air temperature drops to minus. Then you need to scatter manure around the site. Medvedki will be in hibernation and quickly die from frost. And in the spring, a lot of eggs will remain in the trap, they are very easy to eliminate.
2. Beer or honey traps. Medvedki like to get into the dishes with beer or honey. How to make a trap: 10 cans of glass with a volume of half a liter are required to be buried in the soil up to the neck, then pour beer into them for 1/3 of each can. Or inside each jar, coat with honey. Next, cover the jars with a wooden board, but so that there is a gap of 1.5 cm between the jars and the board, then bears can crawl into the banks. Traps should be checked from time to time and collected bear.
3. Shadow traps. The method is based on the fact that bears prefer warm places. They love to bask in the bright rays of the sun, and they also choose those places where it is warmer. Therefore, place black material on the beds that are lit by the sun. Place chopped potatoes under the material. When the material is heated, the potatoes will attract bear. Then you need to raise the material and collect earthen crayfish.

Folk remedies

chicken manure. You can completely destroy the cabbages with the right fertilizer. If the soil contains a large amount of nitrogen, then bears leaving this place. To do this, you can use bird droppings. In addition, it repels pests with an unpleasant odor. Make a solution from the litter, and constantly spray the crops. To prepare the solution, pour 1 cup of chicken manure, insist 2-3 days in a bucket of water (10 l).

Wood ash and crushed egg shells. You can pour a handful of crushed eggshells and / or ash into each hole before planting seedlings.

Soap and powder. Pour 50 g of powder or 20 g of soap into 10 liters of water. Burrows are filled with solution. Then either the pests will start to crawl out of the holes, and they can be killed with a shovel, cut down. On either bear soap solution gets in, and they die.

Watch the video! How to get rid of a bear with a detergent

Ammonia. The tool shows an excellent effect in the fight against the bear and is an excellent top dressing for seedlings. Prepare a solution of 1 tbsp. a spoonful of 10% ammonia and 10 liters of water. Next, the soil is watered at a distance of 10 cm from the stem. After the water is absorbed, it is necessary to mulch the hole, then the ammonia will act for a long time.

Watch the video! Ammonia - super - a means to combat Medvedka

Smells. In the country, seeds of chrysanthemums, calendula, marigolds are sown. Kapustyanok scares away the aroma of these flowers.

You can also scare away the pest by sowing parsley, peppermint, planting bushes of these crops in the corners of the site. You can also plant garlic or dig into the ground coniferous spruce branches, stakes from alder, aspen, which have just been cut down.

Advice! You can spray the stems and foliage with essential oils of mint, marigolds, chrysanthemums. Drop 20 drops of oil in 400 ml of water and apply the composition.

plastic bottle barrier. This tool is very effective and you almost do not need to spend money on it. Pick up old plastic bottles. Next, you need to cut each bottle into rings, then bury them in the soil near the plants. The upper edges of the plastic ring should be 3-4 cm above the ground surface.

Vegetable oil from cabbage. Pour 0.5 teaspoons of unrefined sunflower oil into each dug hole, pour in water from a hose. Medvedkam do not like water with oil, they die or try to escape, getting out of their holes, then just kill them with a shovel.

chemicals

Chemicals are necessary if folk methods fight did not produce the desired effect. With intensive reproduction bear it is very difficult to catch all the pests, eliminate them larvae and eggs.

Therefore, pesticides and insecticides are used. If you use the funds correctly, then about 60-90% will die. bear, their eggs and larvae. It is necessary to place toxic granules in the passages, then the cabbages will eat them and become poisoned. Chemicals can be bought in special stores for the garden and summer cottages, in hypermarkets, departments of household chemicals. Commonly used formulations:

• Thunder;
• Phenaksin Plus;
• Medvegon;
• Anti Medvedka;
• Grizzly;
• Medvetoks;
• Rembek;
• Regent;
• Whatafox;
• Parachute.

Medvetox and Anti bear- These are pesticides produced on the basis of insects, which are natural enemies of earthen crayfish.

Application rules:

• need to find places to breed bears;
• then place 3-4 granules in the passages dug under the soil;
• pour the composition where the cabbages live, especially on the beds and heaps of manure;
• very important - sprinkle the chemical granules with soil so that birds or domestic animals do not eat the bait instead of pests.

Important! Compositions for the elimination of the bear are classified as toxic, so be sure to follow the safety measures. Place the pellets while wearing rubber gloves, wear a respirator or mask. After all actions, wash your hands with soap, rinse your mouth, wash your face.

You can also steam the grains of wheat, corn, bran, oats, barley, pour a few tablespoons of sunflower oil into this porridge and pickle, adding, for example, Medvetoks. Such baits for cabbage are brought into the ground in early spring, as a rule, a week before sowing seeds. If the area is small, then the baits are buried in the ground to a depth of 2-3 cm, and if it is large, then the baits are scattered with seeders.

Ultrasonic repellers

Ultrasonic repellers are a great way to protect an area. The device emits a high frequency sound that scares Medvedka. The device works both day and night, constant exposure to the cabbage will give a good result. As a rule, earth cancer leaves the place after 2 weeks.

Well known brands:

• Grad;
• Riddex;
• Typhoon;
• Pest reject.

The insect will leave if you and other gardeners from neighboring plots install repellers at the same time. If the device breaks down, then bears quickly spread over the site, the females will lay eggs, hatch from them larvae. If the neighbors use repellers together with you, then you will achieve the desired effect.

Biological agents

Can be purchased Otmed. It is made from pepper, tar, milkweed, wormwood. This product is very good at repelling pests. Sell ​​also Boverin- a pesticide made from a fungus, it actively acts on earthen crayfish.

Medvedka like to eat lizards, ants, hedgehogs, birds.

Prevention of the appearance

Advice! In the fall, collect all fallen leaves, branches, remnants of vegetation. Next, dig the earth to the depth of a shovel so that the bears freeze in winter. After digging the soil, the bears crawl out of their holes.

True, digging a shallow layer of earth will not disturb the holes. Digging the soil in early spring also does not bring results, since the cabbages have time to make new moves before frost, where they will spend the winter.

Then refill the traps with manure. This will attract pests. Do not dig holes until spring. In the spring, pour a flammable liquid into each hole and burn the bait along with the pests.

Before sowing, it is recommended to treat the seeds with Aktara, Masterpiece or Prestige preparations. It is also possible to soak the rhizomes of the seedlings in these preparations before planting them on the site, and spray the potato tubers before being placed in the pits.

Place a poison ball in the holes with seedlings and tubers. To do this, boil the millet, add the same amount of the preparation BI - 58 to one part of the millet, leave the composition for 12 hours, then place it in the wells.

Upon detection bears many gardeners are lost, do not know what to do. Therefore, the advice of agronomists and the folk methods described above can help in the elimination of pests. Chemicals also work well.

Watch the video! How to get rid of a bear

Common bear (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa). View from above.

In childhood, there is nothing better than a freshly caught live bear in a matchbox. An adult fits there with difficulty, so young or middle-aged is better. You go to the beach, take out a bear and, sneaking up behind a particularly attractive girl, put the bear in her shorts.
Boy 7-16 years old! If you are reading this article, be sure! Not all of your future mistresses will remember you all their lives. But those to whom you put a bear in your shorts will always remember you!

Catching a bear is a great school for a future trapper. If, as a child, for several years in a row I had not improved the methods of catching bears, if I hadn’t rushed in the morning, not having had time to wash my face to check the traps, my further life would have been different. Instead of working as a commercial hunter and zoologist, I would have been sitting in the office for decades. He rustled papers, worried about his career, followed the mood of his boss ... Horror!

Medvedka and rituals & omens

Conspiracy against the bear.

Dry eggshells must be crushed into powder, add a drop of sunflower oil to it, and when planting and sowing, lay it in the grooves and holes along with the seeds, while not forgetting to say:
“An inch to the spine, a spine to the vershok, taste this glorious powder. It is sweeter than the root, sweeter than honey. Don't touch my vegetable, get out of the garden, you wicked horse. Let it be empty for you, in the garden - thick. Tooth for tooth. Molchok. May it be so. Amen. ”

Signs

Photographer: Phil Davson

Fighting methods

Until the 70s of the last century, the bear was fought with a contact and intestinal insecticide called chlordan. By decision of the Stockholm Convention since 2001, it has been banned for use, production and sale. Painfully, it is harmful to humans.

There are quite a few ways to destroy the bear through chemistry. For total destruction, preparations based on imidacloprid are used (synonyms: Imidacloprid, Confidor, Kopfidor, Admir, Gaucho). Preparations for household plots containing this active ingredient are a whole list: Biotlin Bau, BP; Biotlin, VRK; beetle eater; Zaman; Bison; Imidor Pro; Imidor; Iskra Zolotaya, VRK; Iskra Zolotaya, P; Iskra Golden, TAB; Kalash; Tuber shield; Commander Maxi, VDG; Commander, VRK; Confidelin Super, VDG; Confidelin, VRK; Confidor Extra, VDG; Corado; Kortlis; Movento Energy; Monsoon; patron; prestige; prestige man; Discharge ; Rembek; Respect; Rofatox; frontier; taboo; Tanrec; Tsvetolux Bau.

Imidacloprid, like other neonicotinoids, affects the nervous system of insects, as a result of which they develop paralysis and convulsions, leading them to death. The effect of exposure is observed 3-5 days after treatment. The active substance exhibits high residual activity. The period of protective action on the soil surface is 14-28 days. In soil, the half-life is up to 100 days. How to use, read the instructions.

Imidacloprid is moderately toxic to warm-blooded animals and humans; highly dangerous for bees. It spreads beautifully throughout the groundwater area and enters the aerial parts of all your growing plants. It has been established that the active substance has a general toxic effect on a person with a predominant effect on the state of the liver. This was manifested in the form of a decrease in water consumption, a decrease in body weight gain, a slight increase in cholesterol in the plasma, an increase in its mass in the liver of cytochrome P-450.

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Thus, if you poisoned the bear in the garden, then everything that you grow in the garden during the summer will contain a nerve poison that is equally dangerous for you and for insects. According to all major religions, life is suffering. Maybe there is no need to tighten it?

In fact, we use all these and other poisons along with vegetables and other tomatoes from stores. Man is a creature more tenacious than a bear.

In addition to imidacloprid and diazinon, substances such as Bifentrin (Talstar) are used to combat the mole cricket; Chlorpyrifos; Clothianidin (TI 435); Deltamethrin; fipronil; Thiamethoxam (Cruiser, Aktara). And others.

Chemical means of control are relatively effective on golf courses, since there the mole cricket is destroyed over a large area. In household plots, the effect is relatively short-lived, because Medvedki quickly come to the place of dead insects from neighboring uncultivated areas.

Processing is carried out in May-June, when young insects emerge from the eggs. Late treatments are less effective.

In places with a high number of bears, mechanical methods of catching can be used by means of all sorts of cans and other vessels dug in along their paths. They do not have any significant reduction in numbers, but they allow you to satisfy the thirst for revenge.

There are hundreds of idiotic ways to deal with bears on the Internet. You can have fun for a long time, but most likely the result will be zero or temporary.
The only reliable way to permanently get rid of the bear is to create very unfavorable soil conditions for them. Bears do not live in clean and dense clay and rubble. If such soil suits you, the bears will be defeated.)

Dmitry Konstantinov

One bear is capable of completely destroying up to 15 plants per night. Voracious larvae of the bear do no less harm than adults. The photo shows what a warlike look this pest has. To understand who you have to deal with, read the description of the insect. After reading the article and watching the video, you will learn how to deal with it in different ways.

Medvedka: description

Medvedka is an insect belonging to the order of Orthoptera. There are about 100 species. It is a widespread pest of farmland and horticultural crops. Habitat: everywhere.

An adult grows up to 5-8 cm. It has an external resemblance to a large grasshopper and a large shrimp. It has tentacles, antennae, and paired limbs adapted for digging. She can swim, crawl, make underground passages and fly. Insect flight height: from 50 cm to 5 m.

How to understand that the site is infected with a bear

The probability of seeing a mole cricket during the day is negligible, which creates some difficulties in determining the infestation of the site with this pest.

A set of signs indicates the activity of an insect:

• mass death of seedlings;
• wilting of plants;
• root damage;
• the appearance of small loose heaps of earth;
• earthen paths, noticeable on moist soil;
• holes in the ground (entrance to the mink).

Larvae and adult bears harm crops by damaging their root system. They feed on the roots of plants: tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, cabbage, eggplant, peppers, decorative flowers, cereals. Adult insects are more omnivorous than larvae. A developed individual willingly eats worms, small insects and large beetle larvae.

Advice. Thoroughly clean the area in the fall after harvest. With the beginning of spring, when the top layer of the earth warms up to 10-15 degrees, the bears come out of their winter holes and begin to feed on the remaining fruits.

The chamber is filled with yellow or light brown eggs, similar to ants, but slightly larger. The size of the eggs is 3.5 mm. Larvae appear around the end of the 3rd week after nest formation. To the state of a sexually mature individual, the larva passes 4 stages in 1-2 years. The rate of its development depends on nutrition and soil moisture. The size of the larvae is 1.5-3.5 cm.

Attention. The larvae cause no less harm than adult insects. Their diet consists of small roots, seeds, larvae of other insects.

First, the larvae eat up the remains of the shell, and then begin to dig passages and tunnels. Adults prefer small insects, worms, large Maybug larvae and ladybugs.

How to deal with bears

The fight against pests in gardens is carried out in different ways: warning, scaring, destruction of clutches and destruction of individuals.

Measures to prevent the development of larvae:

1. Site cleaning in autumn and spring.
2. Digging the ground in autumn and spring (nests are destroyed).
3. Regular loosening of beds.
4. Dung bait traps.

Advice. Manure traps are located throughout the site. Medvedka lays eggs in them. After 10 days, the traps check and destroy the nests.

They scare away adults by laying rotten fish, needles, a mixture of sand with kerosene, onion infusion under the soil. The mixture is prepared at the rate of 70 ml of kerosene per 1 kg of sand. Lay it out around the perimeter of the beds or greenhouses. Onion infusion is made from 1 kg of husks and onion waste per bucket of water. A solution diluted with water (1: 5) is watered over the beds after rain.

To scare away the bear on the site, you can plant chrysanthemums

To scare away the bears, marigolds and chrysanthemums are planted on the site. You can lay the crushed stems and flowers of these plants underground.

You can destroy pests with special chemicals. Apply special means in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. In order to destroy the bear without chemistry, jars of water are buried in the territory of the site at night, flush with the soil surface. The neck of the jars should be 5-6 cm. The jar is not closed - the bears should climb inside. In the morning destroy insects. To bait pests, instead of water, some summer residents use boiled oatmeal or oatmeal porridge.

A simple trap for a bear is a glass jar of water that is buried overnight in the soil

If you notice a bear in your area, choose the most effective way for you to deal with them. Follow preventive measures in the future. Insects fly well and can move to your site from neighboring infected areas.

How to get rid of a bear in the garden - video