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season: early-spring
section: what is crawling
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- earthworms in the turned soil, the best sign there is
- ladybugs waking up, finding their way out of the house. friends.
- aphids arriving early on new growth. not friends. the ladybugs will handle it.
- cabbage moths, white and innocent-looking. they are not innocent.
- ground beetles under boards and stones, let them be, they eat slugs
- slugs. the eternal problem. beer traps or copper tape or acceptance.