A beetle is commonly known to many of us. But what it really does is not known by many of our people. The one unique feature about the beetle is that it is having the most number of species that is ever known. Other feature of this is that the beetles are common in all habitats. The reason for the beetles to be available in all habitats is due to the fact that beetles adapt to any climate and the other thing is that their reproduction rate is far higher than any other living beings. In a square mile the beetle population is 70 times the human population. They mostly feed on the plant and fungi.
Why is beetle harmful?
The reason for the farmers to worry about the beetle is that due to their two ways of causing damage to the farmers. The first one is due to their food habit. As they feed on the plant and fungi they largely damage the plants which form the major source of income for the normal farmer. If the plants are eaten by these pests then automatically the price of these fruits and vegetables will go down causing a large loss of money for the poor farmer. The second case is that when the beetles decompose the dead things. They also have the capability to decompose dead decaying matter. So they will be attacking the skin of the living beings too. This represents the sheep. This will also result in a large amount of money loss for the people who are living on them.
Ways to solve this problem?
The one and only way to solve this problem is to go in for the usage of pest control beetles. This also a spray of insecticide similar to the maggot pest controls. They work similar to the maggot pest control in all their procedures. They two work in two fashions. The preventive and the killing way and thereby eliminate the beetles once and for all. The only difference that it has over the other is that it would be more intense in its concentration. This would cause the plants to react fast to the control spry than the other pest control sprays.
The methodology of the pest control usage:
The pests eat away the plants so it is mandatory to use the pest control methods. The usage of the beetle pest control is much simpler when compared to maggot pest control. The only thing to be kept in mind is that the concentration must be kept low and the spray must be done only once in three months.
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