Re: bug id

Thanks for all the help from everyone.  I'm beginning to think I won't be
finding the ID for this one.  However I did spray the ones I found today and
hopefully I won't find more.
Kittyy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tchessie" <tchessie@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 10:39 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] bug id


> It looks to me like some kind of leaf hopper.  There's only about a
zillion
> different kinds, but check out this website for one of them-
>
> http://www.upenn.edu/paflora/plantclinic/hoppers.htm
>
> Theresa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
> Behalf Of Kitty
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 8:53 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] bug id
>
>
> Sigh, no.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna" <justme@prairieinet.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 10:24 PM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] 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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