Cabbage aphids in my garden

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My latest YouTube video for your viewing pleasure. Please let me know what you think.

This video describes the hands off approach I take to aphid control in my garden. In other words, I do nothing! Here I introduce you to some tiny wasps which do the job for me.

This video covers a period of 3 weeks – from the day the aphids arrived to when the wasps had the aphids under control. This happens every year at my place.

You can do this in your garden. By the end of this video you will know what to look for in your garden, and how to attract these little wasps.

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12 Replies to “Cabbage aphids in my garden”

  1. Having the floristics to support the organisms that parasitise the pests seems to be a common theme for agriculture and for backyards. When things get out of balance we get problems! In New England New South Wales it was Rob Davidson who got people like me excited about a scrawny, thorny shrub called Bursaria because it flowered at a time when certain wasps were active which parasitised scarab larvae (that would otherwise turn into beetles that ate the leaves of the eucalypts). Thank you so much for highlighting the role of these wasps and of the plants that help support what they do.

  3. Hi Dennis, I can’t find the like button so…Thankyou for your “ one minute bugs” u tube. I really enjoy learning about our fascinating insects .

    Short and sweet works for me ! So many fascinating aspects in life it’s impossible to fit it all in. But gee it’s fantastic and a beautiful and ugly thing all at once. Ha ha.
    Best wishes and kind regards.
    Ingrid.

  4. Thank you – fascinating and very timely – as the adult aphids are swarming my tomatoes with this damp, humid spring/summer. I am going to take the ‘do nothing’ stance, look a little more closely and see what happens.

  5. Thank you for this educating and lovely little video. Like Ingrid above I could not find a ‘like’ button (are you just encouraging comments? LOL) so am commenting instead. Great work!

    • Thanks Kaye. If you watch the videos on YouTube there is a like button. Not everyone uses YouTube which is why I make the videos available here on my blog. Thanks for commenting!

  6. Thanks for the informative and helpful videos! I have often wondered what the aphid mummies were!