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    SOIL Will introducing Rove Beetles as soil predators make them totally infest your house?

    I'm freaked out by an old post on reddit by a guy who said his entire house is overrun with rove beetles. Flying at his computer screen at night when he's in his bedroom and everything. I definitely do not want that



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    1 Do not crush them, they are toxic, crushing them releases the toxin and is taken in through the skin.
    I certainly think that once the food supply is used up they will move on, or die. I like this idea and may just have to get some of these! There must have been a huge bug problem for them to take over the home!
    Heres a couple of links for info and pricing.
    Rove Beetle
    https://www.arbico-organics.com/product/rove-beetle-atheta-coriaria-dalotia-coriaria/beneficial-insects-predators-parasites
    Ships via Overnight methods on Tuesdays Only. See Shipping Info for details or call us at 1-800-827-2847 . For Delivery Only. Not available in store. Rove Beetles are a soil-dwelling general predator that feeds on the larvae of fungus gnats , shore fly, moth fly and pupae of thrips and springtails. There is evidence that Rove Beetles will also provide some control for root aphids . Benefits of Rove Beetles: Effective between 55°-90° F. Provide protection for more pests at lower temperatures than S. scimitus . Prefer humidity between 50-80%. Ideal for greenhouses and controlled environments. Known for aggressive feeding and reproduction rates. Both larvae and adults are predatory. Highly mobile in the soil and adults can fly from plant to plant. Winged adults have high dispersal and colonization rates allowing them to quickly establish populations in various growing media. Once established, this behavior allows Rove Beetle populations to combat fluctuating pest infestations without reintroduction. Adults are a brown-black color, 3 - 4 mm long, winged beetles. Larvae are thin, pale yellow and darken in the later larval stages. Rove Beetles live around 21 days at 70°.

    Rove Beetle (Dalotia coriaria): Buglogical
    https://www.buglogical.com/rove-beetle-dalotia-coriaria/
    Buglogical natural organic gardener's reference catalog provides solutions to pest problems, ladybugs, praying mantis, beneficial nematodes and all beneficial insects. Dalotia coriaria the Greenhouse Rove Beetle, both adults and larvae prey upon larvae of fungus gnats and adult beetles also target shore flies and thrips. The species was discovered feeding on a laboratory culture of fungus gnats, stimulating a study into its efficacy as a biological control agent.
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      #3
      Oh hell no not in my home. That belongs in a barn or large outdoor grow houses.
      Smoke Ganja create Peace Respect Nature don't trash the Planet

      Soil grower with coco/perlite mixed in
      indoor/outdoor grower
      1 36"x36"x66" tent- Viparspectra P2500
      1 3x3x6 tent- used in late spring for seedlings both veggies & weed. I have 2 viparspectar 450r for that tent.
      I use a t-5 & 54watt CFL for seedlings
      Sometimes i use plastic sometimes i use fabric grow containers
      Currently using fish/guano during veg growth & FF Grow Big 6-4-4 teens to bloom. Once i see pre-flower i switch to
      Age Old Organics Bloom 5-10-5
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        #4
        I can stand in the yard and watch swarms come out of the ground, literally thousands. If I have chicks they go after them, and then the big girls get into it, someday I'll video it,,, of the chickens will eat these too.

        Edit I dont think I want them inside either, if I were to use them inside it would be only 1 or 2 per pot
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          #5
          Crap, good to know. Guess I definitely should avoid these

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            #6
            Just spray with neem meal, and aloe Vera once a week during veg only, that will build up your plants SAR and should keep it pest free all the way thru harvest just don’t spray during flowering. (Foliage Spray) and sprinkle some neem meal on soil

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