Re: Orange aphids
- To: f*@julian.uwo.ca
- Subject: Re: Orange aphids
- From: J* R*
- Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 18:32:41 -0800
I get bright golden yellow aphids on asclepias, and a few other things. I
have no idea why just a few things. But they are definately persistant.
Jane
Santa Barbara, California
>Hi again: The Friends of the Gardens group at the University of Western
>Ontario is in the midst of preparing for a May Plant Sale. Along with
>starting things from seed, we have some asclepiadaceae - Asclepias
>curassavica and Tweedia caerulea - held over from last summer. They all are
>infested with this yukky orange aphid - and it's only the ascleps that have
>it - nothing else, thank the Lord! We've tried pinching them and scalding
>them but they come back - there is a little wasp they tell me which makes
>short work of them. But I wonder if anyone on this list has any idea of how
>they get there and how we can make them disappear?? Thanks so much. Fran
>
>Frances Howey
>London, Ontario
>Canada
>Zone 5b
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Jane Reese
E-mail: jreese@silcom.com
