On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, Rick wrote: > This is my first pepper garden and the grasshoppers are having a feast > on the plants' leaves. I bought some of the bridal veil material > (mentioned in earlier posts) to protect the plants from just such > critters, but does anybody have some ideas on how to rid the pests from > the plants before I cover them with the net? > > I'm open to the idea of natural preditors to nuke these annoying bugs. > Again, any ideas? Praying mantis are predators that feed on many insects. Don't know about grasshoppers. I think you can buy them, but since I don't garden, I'm not sure where. Chuck Demas Needham, Mass. Eat Healthy | _ _ | Nothing would be done at all, Stay Fit | @ @ | If a man waited to do it so well, Die Anyway | v | That no one could find fault with it. demas@tiac.net | \___/ | http://www.tiac.net/users/demas