The mole cricket is perhaps the biggest nuisance that can happen to a summer resident, as it causes serious damage to the garden and vegetable garden.
What is noteworthy is that it eats only cultivated plants, while weeds, as a rule, remain without its attention.
Signs that a mole cricket has appeared on the site
If you notice that the leaves of strong and healthy plants have begun to wither, it is likely that a pest is the cause.
Minks and passages in the soil may be evidence that a mole cricket has visited you.
You are unlikely to see the parasite, because it mainly lives in the soil, so if you have discovered the listed signs, you should immediately begin active actions against the mole cricket.
How to get rid of a mole cricket
A comprehensive approach will help you with this. Even before you start sowing, buy and bury special poison baits shallowly in the ground. In addition, regularly cultivate the soil to a depth of 15 cm.
Experienced gardeners often resort to the help of such a method as loosening - the mole cricket does not like that its tunnels are constantly destroyed, so it will probably decide to find a new place for itself.
Both control and prevention methods are effective.
- The insect does not like bird cherry and alder, as well as marigolds, chrysanthemums and calendula, coriander or garlic.
- The pest prefers the top layer of soil, so a fence made of different materials, such as strips of slate, can be installed around the perimeter of the area.
- To protect the seedlings until you get rid of the mole cricket, you can use cut plastic bottles by burying them in the ground.
