Re: red oak bug

Kitty, I did some more searching online today and I think the bug is a
locust leafminer (Odontata dorsalis). Details and a picture are at
http://www.forestpests.org/southern/Insects/loclfmnr.htm. I am relieved to
read that "Outbreaks of the locust leafminer are  generally more spectacular
than destructive." However I sprayed the tree with insecticidal soap this
evening, just to see if I can convince some of them to leave. It's a young
tree (planted this spring) and it might be stressed by such a heavy
infestation--they are gnawing the leaves pretty good. I have a young sugar
maple and a young copper beech close by, and there are no bugs on them. The
black locusts in the nearby woods are showing a lot of leafminer damage, so
it makes sense that they are in the vicinity.
Martha
-----Original Message-----
From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
To: gardenchat@hort.net <gardenchat@hort.net>
Date: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:07 AM
Subject: [CHAT] red oak bug


>Re > Tonight I noticed a million bugs on the leaves of my new red oak
>tree--there
>> must have been a dozen on every leaf.
>Martha,
>Can you describe the 'bug'?  size, shape, segments, color, movement, legs,
>wings, soft/hard body, damage, do they run when you touch them?  Anything
>else?
>
>Kitty
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Larry and Martha" <swissko@nb.net>
>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 5:02 PM
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] which list is which
>
>
>> I've been lurking some, mostly deleting messages, just too busy right now
>to
>> join in much. Right now I am enjoying an especially pleasing combination
>of
>> eryngium, aesclepias, purple coneflower, and bee balm in one corner of my
>> garden. My veggie garden is overwhelmed with early blight and bacterial
>> wilt, although this is the first year I've not had bean beetles (knock
>> wood). The tomatoes aren't ripening very fast, and we've had some corn.
>> Tonight I noticed a million bugs on the leaves of my new red oak
>tree--there
>> must have been a dozen on every leaf. I've looked through all my books
and
>> done a google search and can come up with no idea of what this bug is.
>> Doesn't look like they're doing much damage, so I am hopeful they are
just
>> passing through. Any ideas?
>> Martha
>> Pittsburgh
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
>> To: gardenchat@hort.net <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Date: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 1:31 AM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] which list is which
>>
>>
>> >>, that list is
>> >> even less active than chat, although more plant talk.
>> >
>> >So it's normal for lists to slow down this time of year?
>> >
>> >> We only have 30 members now? Hum
>> >
>> >I counted 30 active in July.  I'm sure there's still some lurkers
>> >
>> >Kitty
>> >
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