Comments on: The Blister Beetle’s Toxic Touch http://blog.ecosmart.com/index.php/2009/10/19/the-blister-beetles-toxic-touch/ Keep your family & pets safe from toxic pesticides. EcoSMART organic pesticides, bug spray & insecticides kill bugs fast. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:00:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: crescenzo http://blog.ecosmart.com/index.php/2009/10/19/the-blister-beetles-toxic-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-32419 crescenzo Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:11:13 +0000 http://blog.ecosmart.com/?p=7889#comment-32419 My first and hope the last time I have experienced blister beetles is this year (July 2011). They destroyed my entire garden of tomatoes, peppers and potato crop. They literally devastated the plants and ate some of the tomatoes too. Legions of them moved through my garden. I took out by wet vacuum and sucked up about 50 pounds of insects and dirt until the population is somewhat under control. I have read that a 50% mix of lime and flour will help. I will try that next before I find an safe pesticide. I live in OK and I think that this dry, hot weather has caused this infestation of insects never seen before. Where do I find this EcoSmart pesticie? My first and hope the last time I have experienced blister beetles is this year (July 2011). They destroyed my entire garden of tomatoes, peppers and potato crop. They literally devastated the plants and ate some of the tomatoes too. Legions of them moved through my garden. I took out by wet vacuum and sucked up about 50 pounds of insects and dirt until the population is somewhat under control. I have read that a 50% mix of lime and flour will help. I will try that next before I find an safe pesticide. I live in OK and I think that this dry, hot weather has caused this infestation of insects never seen before. Where do I find this EcoSmart pesticie?

]]> By: Melissa Krueger http://blog.ecosmart.com/index.php/2009/10/19/the-blister-beetles-toxic-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-24842 Melissa Krueger Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:38:39 +0000 http://blog.ecosmart.com/?p=7889#comment-24842 This website is so informative. I added it to my favorites and I think I browse it more than any other I have. Yes I would love to be a test. Florida has some of the most destructive insects I have ever seen..... This website is so informative. I added it to my favorites and I think I browse it more than any other I have. Yes I would love to be a test. Florida has some of the most destructive insects I have ever seen…..

]]> By: Amanda http://blog.ecosmart.com/index.php/2009/10/19/the-blister-beetles-toxic-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-24472 Amanda Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:46:20 +0000 http://blog.ecosmart.com/?p=7889#comment-24472 I'm sure with these bugs, they'll soon spread to more states just like about everything else it seems. It just seems that trying to enjoy a full day outside isn't as nice as it use to be growing up. I love taking my daughters outside, just sometimes the bugs are to pesky. I’m sure with these bugs, they’ll soon spread to more states just like about everything else it seems. It just seems that trying to enjoy a full day outside isn’t as nice as it use to be growing up. I love taking my daughters outside, just sometimes the bugs are to pesky.

]]> By: Brenda Grammer http://blog.ecosmart.com/index.php/2009/10/19/the-blister-beetles-toxic-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-24090 Brenda Grammer Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:27:01 +0000 http://blog.ecosmart.com/?p=7889#comment-24090 The venom of some species of blister beetles is used as a pharmaceutical. I won't go into detail here so folks won't try this unsupervised. Natural defenses can be used for good! Hopefully that is what we will discover when using your eco products to combat the exorbitant number of bugs, spiders, and crickets that have decided to spend the winter with us...IN our house. Please help. They congregate outside on the steps, etc., just waiting to get in. (Remember the old movie "The Birds"?) Email me for address and phone information The venom of some species of blister beetles is used as a pharmaceutical. I won’t go into detail here so folks won’t try this unsupervised. Natural defenses can be used for good! Hopefully that is what we will discover when using your eco products to combat the exorbitant number of bugs, spiders, and crickets that have decided to spend the winter with us…IN our house. Please help. They congregate outside on the steps, etc., just waiting to get in. (Remember the old movie “The Birds”?)
Email me for address and phone information

]]> By: Joe Gewickey http://blog.ecosmart.com/index.php/2009/10/19/the-blister-beetles-toxic-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-23359 Joe Gewickey Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:35:45 +0000 http://blog.ecosmart.com/?p=7889#comment-23359 There is a similar problem in my home state of Arizona (as well as all over the country) with Bark Beetles. These tiny little beetles live just beneath the bark of most of the pines we have here in the West, and they inject a fungus into the pulp under the bark to stop the tree from moving sap, as well as boring holes into the bark and laying their eggs, which hatch and eat the cambrium layer. This results in thousands of trees having to be cut before they die, and rusty, dying forests. The worst part is that the beetles proclivity for survival is compounded by the way forest rangers and park managers have fought to keep natural forest fires away, which would have raised the temperature of the sap in the trees and basically flooded the beetles out a lot more, as well as simply burning the bugs. Now, the only choice seems to be cutting and selling younger trees before their time, or spraying them with harmful, toxic insecticides! Great post~ There is a similar problem in my home state of Arizona (as well as all over the country) with Bark Beetles. These tiny little beetles live just beneath the bark of most of the pines we have here in the West, and they inject a fungus into the pulp under the bark to stop the tree from moving sap, as well as boring holes into the bark and laying their eggs, which hatch and eat the cambrium layer. This results in thousands of trees having to be cut before they die, and rusty, dying forests.

The worst part is that the beetles proclivity for survival is compounded by the way forest rangers and park managers have fought to keep natural forest fires away, which would have raised the temperature of the sap in the trees and basically flooded the beetles out a lot more, as well as simply burning the bugs. Now, the only choice seems to be cutting and selling younger trees before their time, or spraying them with harmful, toxic insecticides!

Great post~

]]> By: Angela Smith http://blog.ecosmart.com/index.php/2009/10/19/the-blister-beetles-toxic-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-22725 Angela Smith Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:21:35 +0000 http://blog.ecosmart.com/?p=7889#comment-22725 I'm amazed to hear these, especially since I live in Kentucky! I also found it very interresting (understatement) to read that what makes them so "toxic" is cantharadin...which is similar to "CYANIDE and STRYCHNINE"!!! (talk about potent) I'm passing this site/link to many others...it's very educational and interresting at the same time. I’m amazed to hear these, especially since I live in Kentucky! I also found it very interresting (understatement) to read that what makes them so “toxic” is cantharadin…which is similar to “CYANIDE and STRYCHNINE”!!! (talk about potent) I’m passing this site/link to many others…it’s very educational and interresting at the same time.

]]> By: Tracey Lynne http://blog.ecosmart.com/index.php/2009/10/19/the-blister-beetles-toxic-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-22643 Tracey Lynne Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:17:34 +0000 http://blog.ecosmart.com/?p=7889#comment-22643 Finally a product that me and my family can use despite our Asthma and other health related problems Thank you Finally a product that me and my family can use despite our Asthma and other health related problems Thank you

]]> By: Kelley Chapman http://blog.ecosmart.com/index.php/2009/10/19/the-blister-beetles-toxic-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-22405 Kelley Chapman Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:35:49 +0000 http://blog.ecosmart.com/?p=7889#comment-22405 We who have desert willow trees here in the desert Southwest can tell you these beetles are a royal pain, especially when they get in bed with you! My desert willow tree would be filled with these beetles during the spring through the late summer (when the tree would flower) and those nasty little bugs would get into my home, especially at night (the house lights attracted them inside.)I'm not talking one or two--I'm talking about dozens of them nightly, coming through the light fixtures and windows and ceiling crawl space hatch. Sevin Dust (stinky stuff for sure) just chased them away from the tree even worse, to the point I had to buy canned toxic repellent to spray them with each night when they would enter my house. Wish I had known about your chemical free repellent before now so I could have tried it out. However, my tree blew down this summer in a small tornado we had here, so I don't think I'll have much of a problem with those critters next spring as I have in the past. If I do, I've bookmarked this page so I can order if needed. We who have desert willow trees here in the desert Southwest can tell you these beetles are a royal pain, especially when they get in bed with you! My desert willow tree would be filled with these beetles during the spring through the late summer (when the tree would flower) and those nasty little bugs would get into my home, especially at night (the house lights attracted them inside.)I’m not talking one or two–I’m talking about dozens of them nightly, coming through the light fixtures and windows and ceiling crawl space hatch. Sevin Dust (stinky stuff for sure) just chased them away from the tree even worse, to the point I had to buy canned toxic repellent to spray them with each night when they would enter my house. Wish I had known about your chemical free repellent before now so I could have tried it out. However, my tree blew down this summer in a small tornado we had here, so I don’t think I’ll have much of a problem with those critters next spring as I have in the past. If I do, I’ve bookmarked this page so I can order if needed.

]]> By: elizabeth http://blog.ecosmart.com/index.php/2009/10/19/the-blister-beetles-toxic-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-22321 elizabeth Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:08:39 +0000 http://blog.ecosmart.com/?p=7889#comment-22321 this was very interesting reading. i had no knowledge of this beetle before i read this. i would love to be a tester for this product. i also love the fact that they are ecofriendly products as well. thank you. this was very interesting reading. i had no knowledge of this beetle before i read this. i would love to be a tester for this product. i also love the fact that they are ecofriendly products as well. thank you.

]]> By: James Katkus http://blog.ecosmart.com/index.php/2009/10/19/the-blister-beetles-toxic-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-22273 James Katkus Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:49:21 +0000 http://blog.ecosmart.com/?p=7889#comment-22273 Wow! I have never heard of the Blister Beetle and we just moved to a rural area in northeast Michigan where hay is a big crop area. Ecosmart pesticides seems to be a great method of control. Wow! I have never heard of the Blister Beetle and we just moved to a rural area in northeast Michigan where hay is a big crop area. Ecosmart pesticides seems to be a great method of control.

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