Re: garden pest ID


Will "safer soap" get rid of them?



On 9/16/08, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Oh, wow, yeah.
> I just google-imaged 'heliopsis aphid' and lots of photos of same ones I
> have.
>
> SO...............
> Should I cut the plant down?
> Spray what I can?
> Do nothing this late in the game?
>
> I'd like to prevent them coming back next year.
>
>
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Bell" <justjess01@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 2:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] garden pest ID
>
>
>  They look like some kind of aphid to me....and I've seen them before, but
>> never in such a large amount at one time.  Wow.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9/16/08, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> that's LARGE, not LARCH, sorry.
>>>
>>> Kitty
>>> neIN, Zone 5
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 2:10 PM
>>> Subject: [CHAT] garden pest ID
>>>
>>>
>>> OK, what ARE these pesky critters?  I found them earlier this year
>>> sucking
>>>
>>>> the life out of some small plants and killed them off.  but now they
>>>> have
>>>> literally covered every inch of a larch Heliopsis Loraine Sunshine.  I
>>>> tried
>>>> to spray, but I now I'll never get them all.  Should I just cut Loraine
>>>> down
>>>> completely to head off the possibility that these bugs will lay eggs if
>>>> left
>>>> to long on the plant?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmrsy/2863431106/
>>>>
>>>> HELP!!!
>>>>
>>>> Kitty
>>>> neIN, Zone 5
>>>>
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