Beneficial nematodes are a must in any organic garden. These microscopic worms seek out and destroy harmful insects in your garden, such as grubs, fleas, gnats, flies, cutworms, sow bugs, ants, and Japanese beetles. Beneficial nematodes are a highly effective alternative to chemical insecticides. They control harmful soil-dwelling insects by feeding on their larva - without harming other beneficial bugs!

Available in season only.

Comes in 2 sizes to cover 8,000 or 15,000 square feet.

We will ship your nematodes with a cold pack to keep them alive during shipment, but will hold orders received during the latter part of the week to avoid having the bugs spend the weekend in a hot warehouse!

Ladybugs are awesome beneficials! They devour a range of pests including mealybugs, mites, scale insects, thrips - and of course - aphids! The larvae are even more voracious than their parents.

Available in season only.

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How to Apply:
Keep your ladybugs refridgerated until you are ready to release them. They can live off their body fat in cold storage for as long as three months. Never release lady bugs in the heat of the day. They can't fly until their body temperature rises above 55 degrees F, nor can they fly at night. A sunset release means their bodies will warm up slowly in the morning as the sun rises and stay in your yard longer before they disperse. Water first. When your lady bugs wake up they will be hungry and thirsty! Before you release them, lightly water your garden so that they will have water to drink. Make it easy for them to find a meal by placing lady bugs on the ground directly under infested plants.

A natural solution for controlling house flies, stable flies, blow flies, and biting flies. Fly parasites are approved by the U.S.D.A. as an effective and safe method for eliminated all types of flies. These tiny parasitic wasps seek out fly pupae and lay egss inside them, killing their host.

25,000 eggs per package.

Special Order Only.

Note that fly parasites can only be shipped when the temperature is between 32 and 80 degrees. In marginal weather conditions consider overnight shipping. We don't want you to end up with a bunch of dead bugs!

Moths, crickets, grasshoppers, flies, and other insects are usually the unfortunate recipients of the praying mantid's attention. However, the insects will also eat others of their own kind. Sometimes the adult female will even eat her mate! She lays hundreds of eggs inside a small case that looks similar to a walnut. Nymphs look like tiny versions of their parents.

The praying mantis is named for its prominent front legs, which are bent and held together at an angle that suggests the position of prayer. Typically green or brown and well camouflaged on the plants among which they live, mantis lie in ambush or patiently stalk their quarry. They use their front legs to snare their prey with reflexes so quick that they are difficult to see with the naked eye. Their legs are further equipped with spikes for snaring prey and pinning it in place.

Available in season only.

We will ship your egg cases with a cold pack to keep them alive during shipment, but will hold orders received during the latter part of the week to avoid having the bugs spend the weekend in a hot warehouse!

Red Wigglers are the best kind of earth worms to use for composting. They help break down organic matter into a form that your plants can use. Plus they aerate and enrich the soil. Keep them in a worm farm and use them to dispose of kitchen waste. Or add them to your garden to improve the soil.

Available in season only.

We will ship your red wigglers with a cold pack to keep them alive during shipment, but will hold orders received during the latter part of the week to avoid having the bugs spend the weekend in a hot warehouse!

The best way to control web worms, tent caterpillars, and other catepillar infestations.These microscopic wasps are harmless to people, animals and plants. Although trichogramma wasps occur naturally throughout the United States, they usually do not occur in high enough numbers to be effective at supressing pest populations. Frequent releases made over several weeks result in better best control than a single large release.

Available in season only.

How to Apply
Trichogramma wasps are shipped as immature larvae inside moth eggs. They are glued to small cards that can be attached by hand to infested plants. The emerging wasps will have the best chance of finding and parasitizing eggs when the weather is moderate. Avoid releases under extremely hot, cold, rainy or windy conditions. Release 5,000 trichogramma wasps (1 square) per 5,000 square feet, weekly, or every other week, for 3 to 6 consecutive weeks.