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from killing the adults when they have already attacked the crops?Valerie Before using thiacloprid, imidacloprid, acetamocloprid or any other neonicotinoid pesticide, I recommed visiting the Buglife website, to read their report summarising independent

neurotoxin pesticides called neonicotinids, with the main example of this group of chemicals being imidacloprid (sold as Gaucho and other brands by Bayer). Research at the University of Florida indicates that levels of this chemical declared “safe” for adult

are applied twice yearly as per instructions and the same with the proado.  What  is the answer to this awful problem. I AM HAVING DIFFICULYY FINDING A SUPPLIER OF THE CHEMICAL(IMIDACLOPRID) TO TREAT WEEVIL IN MY STRAWBERRY CONTAINERS CAN ANYONE HELP Wikipedia

read that the insecticide, imidacloprid, you have recommended is possibly linked to honeybee colony collapse - is this true? I am off to stamp on a few lily beetles and spray! Have had this problem for 2 years now and will try the sunflower oil. Does

to other insects - particularly bees - it is only licensed for use in pots and not in open ground.  I will not use it. If you are thinking of using it please read this first  http://gardenofeaden.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/imidacloprid

,Organism,Food,Sustainable,Local,Locavore,Organic,RoundUp/neonicotinoids/ http://gardenofeaden.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/imidacloprid-provado-and-threat-to-bees.html   Thanks for all that information everyone! Has anyone used nematodes, and if so, did it work? Thanks! There is a concern that neonicotinoids cause bees to get

? Good call Kate - there's a free report on the Buglife website about neonicotinoid pesticides and how they affect bees, butterflies and non-target insects. Imidacloprid, thiacloprid, acetamocloprid etc - all bad news, and stay in the soil for ages

. There is growing evidence to suggest that vine weevil sprays - which contain a pesticide called imidacloprid - have a lasting effect on bees. As you say, the pesticide is taken up through plants' roots and remains in the plant for up to three months. The pesticide

The rose leaf rolling sawfly injects a chemical into young rose leaves to cause them to curl protectively around her eggs. Within a week the eggs hatch into green caterpillars that start to eat their home. In mid-summer, leaving behind skeletonised foliage, they crawl down into t...