Re: removing spittle bugs
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: removing spittle bugs
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 22:58:07 EDT
In a message dated 5/27/99 10:17:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
pattm@execpc.com writes:
<< Hate to be gross, but did it look like a bit of spit? If so, that
insect inside sucks on the plant juices. Cutting will do away with
them, but spraying with a hard water jet will throw them off your plants
and thus eliminate the cutting. >>
OR, just remove the bugs and "spittle" with your fingers. Gardeners can't be
too squeamish. I have even learned to kill a Japanese beetle with a squeeze
between two fingertips (but I do NOT enjoy it). Somehow this seems kinder to
me than drowning them in a jar of water (another method) or poisoning them.
Bill Lee
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