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RE: Bugs: A mother and her babies??

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Be careful!  If you find a rare or endangered species of bug in your garden,
your whole neighborhood might have to move out to create a sanctuary for it.
If you don't recognize it, quietly squish it and don't tell anybody.  <g>

-BT

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	JJLipe@aol.com [SMTP:JJLipe@aol.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, August 17, 1999 11:40 PM
> To:	sqft@listbot.com
> Subject:	Bugs: A mother and her babies??
> 
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am so curious about a bug seen frequently in my garden and I have not
> been 
> able to find it in my books.  Maybe someone can help.  It is dark brown, 
> about 1" long and somewhat resembles a soldier beetle with the spines on
> the 
> shoulder.  A distinguishing characteristic is that on its back legs there
> is 
> a diamond shape projection that fans out on either side of the leg.  I
> have 
> seen several of these through the summer and have never noticed them doing
> 
> any damage. Yesterday I spotted it on my blackeyed peas and surrounding it
> 
> were 10-12 tiny very "red" baby bugs crawling up and down a pea pod right
> by 
> the big bug as though they were pups with their mother.  She seemed to be 
> watching over them.  I have never seen these "baby" bugs before yesterday.
> 
> They were still there in the very same spot today, all day long.  Could
> this 
> be a mother bug with her babies?? 
> 
> Thanks, 
> Juliana
> 
> 
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