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FW: Bugs



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> From: 	DeMatteo, Suzanne[SMTP:SDeMatte2@stfranciscare.org]
> Sent: 	Friday, September 12, 1997 4:54 AM
> To: 	McAlpine, Duncan G
> Subject: 	Bugs
> 
> Question from a newbee.. Duncan, we have a pumpkin patch that had
> several clusters of a really gross looking bug on the leaves in one
> section of the garden.  The bugs actually look something like a large
> tick and there were (I guess) about 50 - 70 of them in clusters on a
> few
> of the leaves which look dead now.  I've read a few of Jerry Baker's
> recommendations for bug control and someone wrote in the other day
> about
> using a soapy solution, so I prepared some in a sprayer and aimed!
> It's
> only been two days, but I didn't see any of them yesterday.  
> 
> Do you know what these things are?  They range from about 1/8" to
> 1/2",
> are grayish with black legs, tickish looking (little head, big body)
> and
> seem to like to gather in clusters.  They were eating the vines and
> leaves, it seems.  I'll check today after work to see if they've come
> back.  Any advice?
> Suzanne DeMatteo
>
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