Alan1's Edible Backyard

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Sap suckers on olives - I've got 2 tiny sap suckers on backs of leaves causing severe yellowing & leaf drop, damage way out of proportion to their numbers. One is oval, flat 0.5 - 1 mm with tiny spines all around periphery; other longer 1-1.5 mm, narrow, conspicuous antennae. Sp..3214 days 16hrs
Spiders in orchard - I've got lots of spiders in my orchard - heaps of different kinds and webs between all the trees. I'm worried that they will be killing bees, native bees, pollinating wasps and other benefitial insects. The orchard is covered with bird net, so spiders..3392 days 18hrs

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Spiders in orchard - How long have the spiders been in abundance ? You must have enough prey to sustain the spiders, otherwise they wouid die out or move on. Maybe another (prey) species is out of balance, and the spiders are reacting too it. A couple of years ago we had an o..Liked Answer 3378 days 16hrs
Spiders in orchard - It could be a problem if there's a lot of them, but you'd have to be talking the kind of levels your see in cinematic representations of castle Dracula...Liked Answer 3378 days 16hrs
Spiders in orchard - No and no..Liked Answer 3378 days 16hrs