Transcript It`s a bug eat bug world!

It’s a bug eat bug world!
How to use biological control instead
of pesticides in your garden.
L. Bateman
Trophic Levels
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Primary Producers (plants)
Trophic Levels
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Primary Consumers
(herbivores)
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Primary Producers (plants)
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Secondary Consumers
(primary carnivores)
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Primary Consumers
(herbivores)
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Primary Producers (plants)
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Trophic Levels
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Tertiary Consumer (secondary carnivores)
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Secondary Consumers
(primary carnivores)
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Primary Consumers
(herbivores)
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Primary Producers (plants)
Trophic Levels
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Stinkbug
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Ladybug
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Aphid
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Tomato Plant
Tomato Garden
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Aphids Attack!
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Aphids Kill Tomatoes
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Ladybugs Eat Aphids
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Ideal Biological Control
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Ladybug Population Grows
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Stinkbugs Eat Ladybugs
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Stinkbugs Eat Ladybugs
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Aphid Population Grows
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Stinkbugs Indirectly
Kill Tomatoes
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Ideal Biological Control
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Maintain this balance by:
 Eliminating the stinkbug!
Pesticides kill the ladybugs too, so let’s use
other methods….
Energy
No more stink bugs!!!
• Destroy/remove weeds (stink bug habitat)
• Remove and destroy eggs and stink bugs
More Ways to Go Green!
• Pesticide use reduction in your garden is one
way to “go green” and help the Earth
• Check out this website for more resources on
how to decrease your carbon footprint