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Stone: Bugs that winter over in your yard or home
While how our six-legged friends and foes spend their winter varies from insect to insect, it is an important piece of information that we need to know. Whether we have put considerable effort into creating an increased habitat to welcome insects into our gardens and landscapes to support a healthy ecosystem, or we are on alert to decrease unwanted house guests as they try to find somewhere to overwinter, learning more can increase our successes. This week we are going to discuss the insects that we may encounter sharing our space, especially as temperatures dropped. To help with this week’s column I have a pulled in my colleague Joe Boggs. Joe is an entomologist, sometimes called Buggy Joe Boggs, and works out of the Hamilton County Extension office in southwest Ohio. Next week, I am going to invite Joe back to talk about what we can do to keep the six-legged insects out. He says the best defense is a good offense.
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