Turkuć podjadekis a large insect that digs underground tunnels. During this operation, it damages the roots of plants, causing them to wilt and die. Also harmful areturkucia podjadka larvae , which feed on plant food. See the description and photoswhat the turkuć snacklooks like, what connects it with the mole and learn about the best methods onfighting turkuć snackin the garden. Here is a proven methodhow to catch a turkish snack !
Turkuć podjadek - adult insect
What does turkuć snack look like
In order to be able to recognize the turkish snack and then catch it, it is worth finding outwhat the turkish snack looks likeand learn about its life cycle.
Turkuć podjadekis a large insect, up to 6 cm long. He is closely related to grasshoppers and crickets, and spends most of his life underground, where he digs tunnels, damaging plant roots. Sometimes the whole plants are lifted up. Although it eats mainly smaller insects, it also does not despise plant food. Adultturkuć snackhas a dark brown or reddish brown body, massive and elongated. The first pair of legs is flattened and equipped with spikes. They look similar to the front legs of the mole and in the same way they allow the turtle to dig through the ground. Turkuć also has short wings, which allow it to fly short distances.
Turkuć podjadek - larvae
Turkucie come out of the ground in the evenings in May in search of partners and then return to the ground again.In June, females lay eggs (about 300 each), of which after 3 weeks hatchturkucia larvaeUnder the care of their mother, they forage until autumn, and then they dig deep tunnels for wintering on their own.Turkucia larvaeinitially feed on plant food. Fortunately, they do not cause large losses in the garden, as only a small part of them survive.
Turkuć podjadek - you have to catch insects
Turkucia podjadka can be found most often in naturally cultivated gardensThis insect likes fertile, humus and moist soil. He drags him to the manure and compost piles. Muchwe find turtles less often in gardens intensively fertilized with mineral fertilizers and chemical sprayed plant agents , because these substances, when they get into the soil, are also harmful to turquets.
Before we start combating it, it is also worth knowing thatturkuć horseshoe can play a useful role in the garden, because it eats grubs that are harmful to plants That is why we should fight turtles only if there are too many of them and they cause serious damage to crops.
Turkuć horseshoe can be useful - it eats grub larvae damaging the lawn
Fig. pixabay.com
Turkuć snack - fighting
Unfortunately, we do not have any chemicals available tofight against horseradish whackThere are, however, natural preparations that deter jerk's turtles and discourage them from attacking our plants. Such a natural way to protect vegetable patches against visits to turtling is to lay aroundblack alder twigs, the smell of turquoises very much
Good to knowThe hedgehog is a natural enemy of turkey, which eagerly eats these insects. That is why it is worth creating places conducive to the existence of a hedgehog in the garden.
Natural plant ingredients, , which repel turtles, , is based on the preparation Biochron on turtles, moles and voles. It is an organic fertilizer, rich in substances that turtles do not like.
The biochron on turtles works in two ways:
- discourages turtleneck and other soil pests from feeding on plant roots
- fertilizes the soil and nourishes plants, thus supporting the regeneration of the roots of plants damaged by turtles
The application of the Biochron preparation on the turkey is very easy.The fertilizer should be evenly distributed over the entire surface of the earth, and then covered or mixed with a small amount of soil. In practice, therefore, we use it in the same way as, for example, compost - we spread a thin layer on the ground around the plants and gently rake it to mix it with the soil (or dig it if we prepare, for example, new beds for vegetables). This treatment can be carried out throughout the growing season from spring to autumn (March to October).
Turkucie biochron is not a biocideand does not eliminate turkuci immediately. However, it causes the intensity of their feeding to decrease, until the damage caused by them ceases to be visible with time.If used regularly, it prevents the re-emergence of turtles in the garden.
Turkuć snack - how to catch
If you wantto have an immediate effect of counteracting the whack of the snack , it is necessary to find the tunnels dug by the hammer, places where eggs are laid and mechanically destroy them. You can also settraps for turtlesto lure insects, which will make it easier to catch them. Remember, however, never to catch a crouch with your bare hands. It is not poisonous, but its bite is extremely painful. You can also get infected with tetanus. Therefore, it is worth wearing protective gloves made of thicker material.
Sohow to catch a snack ? Turbines feeding in the soil and nests with their eggs can be found accidentally when digging into flower beds. The places where turkuć nests occur can be generally recognized by the slightly raised ground and squares with pusychanego plants.It is worth removing such nests together with the eggs or crock larvae placed in them. Unfortunatelyit is difficult to catch an adult jerk's turn, because this insect is quite fast and agileTherefore, it is worth using a more sophisticatedway to turn the snack
The turntable tunnels are easiest to find in wet soil , after rainfall or after moistening the soil during watering. In places of tunnels, the wet soil is darker and slightly collapses. In these places, along the tunnels, run your finger to find the tunnel that descends clearly downward. If, by the way, we find a nest with eggs, destroy them. The tunnel sunk deep into the ground isthe hiding place of the horseshoe snackA solution of washing-up liquid should be poured into such a tunnel, preferably with a mint scent (many people recommend Ludwik liquid with a mint scent). Turkuć will quickly come out of the flooded tunnel, and the dishwashing liquid will keep the insect dazed and slower than usual for a few minutes.Then it is very easy to catch him. "
Turkuć snack in the garden
Fig. pixabay.com
We can alsoset traps for the crampons , burying horse manure in small amounts in the ground. Decomposing manure generates a lot of heat, and turtles are looking for such warmer places to winter. A dug hole for manure should be 60-100 cm deep. Put a foil on the bottom of the well, which will help you remove the trap later. Then we throw in the manure and cover the hole with soil. It is worth marking the place somehow, e.g. by sticking a stick in so that the traps are easy to find. We will come back here in late autumn (preferably just before the ground freezes) or in early spring, as soon as the ground thaws. Digging out the manure, you will find wintering turtles in it, which, together with the manure, can be easily removed.
Another wayhow to make a trap for turfingwas given on our forum: to get rid of turtling in spring - in May (in the evenings you can hear beautiful chirping - it's his merit) you have to put the containers in the ground (they can be jars, buckets of cottage cheese) so that the edge of the package is flush with the ground.The container can be placed as close to the nest as possible, listening to this chirping in May. Turkuć falls in there and cannot leave anymore. I've been doing this for 2 years and it actually works. - effectiveness confirmed by photos of a crouch caught in such a trap.
Turkuć snack caught in a trap
Fig. beatkadz, forum.PoradnikOgrodniczy.pl
Good to knowTurkuć podjadek is a very good catfish lure, often sought after by anglers. That is why it is worth passing the caught turtles to a friend who loves fishing: -)
