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Article: Insect-eaters help protect seedlings
The Nelson Mail;  October 1, 2004 ;     292 words ...Cactus growers are using biological control to keep their seedlings healthy and pest free. Cactus and succulent enthusiast Anne Murray uses the insect- eating sundews or Drosera to catch the tiny scarid fly that attacks the new seedlings. The fly lays its eggs at the base of the seedlings and the

Article: FEEDING THE INSECT EATERS; SUET HELPS WOODPECKERS ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  February 10, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Benjamin P. Burtt Contributing writer While most of us provide a feeder for seed-eating birds, it is time once again to remind new readers that most woodpeckers will not come for seed. They are insect-eating birds. During the winter insects are not moving around. In most species, the adult

Article: Bridges Go Batty: Feared Insect-Eaters Find New ...
The Washington Post;  February 16, 1998 ;     700+ words ...When vast numbers of Mexican free-tailed bats first took up residence under the Congress Avenue Bridge in downtown Austin and began emerging at dusk in huge flocks, residents panicked. "They viewed it as an episode out of an Alfred Hitchcock movie," said Brian Keeley of Bat Conservation

Article: Five-Star Bird Feeders; Encouraging Insect-Eaters ...
The Washington Post;  November 21, 1991 ;     700+ words ...There is one aspect of gardening that may appear to be unrelated to growing flowers and vegetables, but in fact is an intrinsic part of the ecology of the back yard and, therefore, the garden itself. It is the bird populations in and around the yard. During a summer, birds consume literally

Article: I'd like cricket with a side of worms: Insect ...
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  January 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Randy Myers Jan. 14--A bored Scott Bowers dared to step outside his culinary box in 1998. One night, he walked into a Fresno field, bagged a bunch of crickets and stuffed the chirpers into the freezer. The next day, he took the dead bugs into the break room and cooked them into a snack. The

Article: A MOVEABLE FEAST; A "DEAD TREE' DRAWS PLENTY OF HUNGRY ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  February 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Benjamin P. Burtt Contributing writer Last week I discussed several designs for suet feeders for woodpeckers, chickadees, nuthatches and titmice. These birds eat insects that winter under the bark and in cracks of trees. The woodpeckers can even extract some that burrow into the wood. Since

Article: Egging on swallows brings bird bounty: Portage Lakes group hangs ...
Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH);  July 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: John Higgins Jul. 2--COVENTRY TWP. -- Until Sunday afternoon, Alyce Duncan had never flung scrambled eggs catapult-style at purple martins in mid-flight with a black plastic spoon. Duncan's niece, Heidi Pitts and her husband, Dennis, belong to the Portage Lakes Purple Martin Association,