Pawsibly the Best Pet Nanny

06/23/2025

For my loved ones in the Williamsburg area, you won't want to miss this summit!❤️

06/21/2025

How often do you catch your cat doing some special scent investigation with the vomeronasal organ?

06/21/2025

Helpful: Assassin Bugs
“These bugs are meat-eating hunters! They are very beneficial in the landscape/garden as they prey (feed) on a wide variety of pest insects such as caterpillars, stinkbugs, aphids, and beetles. However, they are general predators and may also feed on each other and other beneficial insects. Since assassin bugs (also known as wheel bugs) are also preyed upon they have developed a unique defense system, they use their beak to sq**rt venom at their attacker as far as a foot away!

They come in many shapes and sizes as there are over 3,000 species. Their length can vary from less than ¼ inch to 1 ½ inches, and they have only one generation per year. ALL assassin bugs have a powerful, curved beak that they use to pierce and inject dissolving venom into their prey. Once the inside of the prey is turned to liquid, the assassin bug uses its beak to suck out the liquefied tissues, much like we use a straw to drink a milkshake!

This powerful beak packs a mean wallop, so be careful when working in the landscape/garden. When disturbed the wheel bug can inflict a bite described as worse than stings from bees, wasps, or hornets.

Remember they are doing free pest control in your landscape/garden, so it is very good to have them around. If you see them it is best to leave them alone, but you may want to watch them hunt for other bugs to eat. The landscape/garden can be a fascinating place to watch insects in action.

Avoid blanket spraying of insecticides and instead only spot-treat plants. Try using horticultural oils and insecticidal soaps rather than the more toxic insecticides. This will help to preserve these and other beneficial insects that are doing free pest control for you.”

by sfylpinellascounty

More info
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_family_reduviidae

06/20/2025

It’s National Pollinator Week and we are celebrating Florida’s wonderful butterfly biodiversity! Despite being the most universally loved group of insects, their populations are unfortunately in decline, primarily due to habitat loss. The good news is that our own landscaping practices can go a long way towards supporting them.

Learn more and bring on the butterflies with our new guide to 20 species that you can plant for: https://www.flawildflowers.org/bring-on-the-butterflies/

Learn more about Pollinator Week: https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator-week

06/20/2025

06/19/2025

06/19/2025

Dr. Becker's Bites made the list, again. 😻

It's done! the 2025/26 Treat List. https://truthaboutpetfood.com/the-treat-list/

06/18/2025

Check your "Natural" and "holistic" supplements, food and toppers and make sure they DO NOT contain these synthetic isolates! Get the full list here (its 3 pages), https://angelaardolino.com/synthetics-hiding-in-your-pets-natural-food-and-supplements-and-why-its-making-them-sick/ Please share!

06/18/2025

Night blooming, moth-attracting plants create a bat paradise

06/17/2025