Re: bugs ID
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: bugs ID
- From: m* l*
- Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 11:47:02 -0600
At 02:15 AM 6/5/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>On Sun, 04 Jun 2000 11:14:41 -0600
>margaret lauterbach <mlaute@micron.net> writes:
><<Sounds like true bugs, but I don't see anything by that description in
>Rodale's Color Handbook of Garden Insects. If she sees them causing
>damage,
>couldn't she handpick? Margaret L>>
>
>Well Margaret, there are an awful lot of them. She decided to just cut
>all the seed heads off into a paper bag.
>Now earlier, I wrote "I am not going into this full throttle" because I
>didn't see any of the critters on my Columbine - yesterday. Today, mine
>were loaded! Hundreds of 'em!
>
>So I looked a little closer. They are about the same size as ladybugs,
>but not oval, they have a shield shaped back. Black with a narrow orange
>stripe that runs from side to side at the shoulder and, it appeared, 2
>orange dots at the back end.
>
>Linda Wallpe
>Cincinnati
If I were you, I'd take one or two to the county extension agent for
identification. They could be beneficials, feeding on spider mites and/or
thrips. Margaret L
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