Re: little brown bugs
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- Subject: Re: little brown bugs
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@digitalpla.net>
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:05:05 -0600 (MDT)
Amy,
I wonder if your "little brown bugs" could be thrips, about which there was
some discussion on this list not long ago. I do not see anything in your
description that eliminates them as a possibility.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
Amy Rupp writes:
> There are little, but fairly visible, brown bugs all along the leaf
> stems and clustered on the buds of my TBs! This is the first time I've
> ever seen this. They are bigger than a spider mite normally would be
> because you can see them without any trouble at all -- no webbing. They
> don't seem to be aphids, because they can move around pretty well and
> jump. They seem, of course, to be sucking liquids out of the leaves,
> which hasn't YET hurt the leaves, but they can dwarf or distort a bloom
> pretty well. I can run my hand along the leaf and squash them whereby I
> get a tar-like stain on my hands that doesn't come off easily. In terms
> of their size, it's maybe 1/16" long and narrower than long, and a
> decided brown colour.
>
> Any clues?
