[AT] Termites in your mulch?

David Bruce davidbruce at yadtel.net
Wed Mar 8 14:53:22 PST 2006


I'm not in the mid-west but I do have MANY of the Asian Ladybugs.  The 
story I was told was they were spread for aphid control.  Kind of like 
kudzu here - lol.

David
NW NC

Ronald L. Cook wrote:

> Walt brings up a good point, however, I read that snopes thing a 
> couple weeks ago when I was asked about the termites.  It wasn't false 
> then.  It was a maybe, then.  They have changed their minds.  It is 
> still probably a "maybe" if you ask me.  Sort of depends on how far 
> north the mulch buyers are.  How about all you folks in the midwest?  
> Don't you just love that little phoney look-alike lady beetle???  He 
> was brought to you by the guvmint with the universities help.  
> Supposed to control the Asian Soybean Aphid.  Uh, huh. The official 
> version says they sneaked in on ship cargo in Louisiana. I have this 
> bridge if anyone is interested.
>
> Ron Cook
> Salix, IA




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