Subject: Re: [permaculture] does squishing aphids attract aphid predators
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 13:48:00 -0500
paul wheaton wrote:
So today, as I'm inspecting her and squishing aphids, I'm just
wondering if anybody has ever heard of aphid squish putting off a
scent that attracts aphid eaters. Seems like it might.
Squishing aphids is a tactic i have used for years - not to invite
aphid predators but to discourage aphids from hanging around. Who wants
to eat surrounded by your (mangled) dead?