RE: bug id

Wild guesses....

http://ipm.ncsu.edu/photogallery/cotcush4.jpg

http://www.invasive.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=0907053

Don't have a clue really....

Donna


> 
> Chris, Andrea, Donna,
> 
> I'm just not able to get a better picture, so I drew you one and added
it
> to
> the yahoo pics.
> 
> The bug in the pictures have been
> dead awhile.  It is shown on a q-tip to indicate size.  The photos
aren't
> really clear, best I could do.   When they're alive
> and on the plant, they don't look like this to my eye.  They look more
> like
> a little tan/brown Pac-Man, sort of humped, like a little helmet, and
they
> carry a tuft of cotton behind them.  They don't leave cotton and the
> cotton
> doesn't multiply, nor does it cover the bug; they just tote it behind
> them.
> So (laugh all you want) I drew a picture to hopefully explain this
better.
> It follows the 2 photos of the bug in the yahoo Bug ID album.  When
> disturbed they scurry to the other
> side of the stem.  If you try to pinch them, they jump very quickly
away.
> I'm pretty sure this is a sucking insect, though I haven't seen any
holes.
> However, the longer they stay on a lily, the stem at that point turns
> brown.
> I have seen them on 2 lilies and on my Deutzia x 'Montrose' and now on
my
> variegated dogwood shrub.
> 
> http://snipurl.com/77ni
> 
> That should work, otherwise go to:
> http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kmrsy/my_photos
> and click on Bug ID
> 
> Kitty
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Chris@widom-assoc.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 6:31 PM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] bug id
> 
> 
> > Kitty,
> > Can you send me your image?  I'm intrigued!
> >
> > Chris
> > Long Island, NY
> > Zone 7
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]
On
> > Behalf Of Kitty
> > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 4:14 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] bug id
> >
> >
> > Chris, you had my hopes up, but that doesn't appear to be it.  These
> > little PacMan types don't appear to leave anything in their wake,
other
> > than eventual devastation.  They just sort of carry a small tuft of
> > cotton behind them.  I found several more today on a variegated
dogwood
> > bush. Up close and alive, they do have the markings shown in my pics
but
> > they seem to round themselves into a helmet shape. Thanks for
trying,
> > though.  I'll keep looking, but I just can't get a decent photo of
them
> > with my camera.
> >
> >
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