Re: boxelder bug
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] boxelder bug
- From: M* T*
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 03:13:51 -0400
IMO, boxelder bugs make nice pets, they're pretty dumb :-) They
actually won't hurt your plant, they just congregate for company when
young and like plants with big leaves as it provides them with
protection from whatever predators they have. I think a really hard
squirt from the hose would disperse them if they are getting on your
nerves. In the nymph stage, probably Safers or hort. oil would do
them in, if you're feeling bloodthirsty.
Here's a fact sheet on them...
http://ohioline.ag.ohio-state.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2106.html
And here's another that also suggests taking a shop vac to them.
http://scarab.msu.montana.edu/extension/insec004.htm
Diann, here's a huge photo of an adult:
http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/ornamentals/1-57.jpeg
And here's a page of info with a photo of an adult and a nymph, but
it doesn't do justice to the really bright red the nymphs are.
http://www.extension.unr.edu/MGnews/MGnews7.html
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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From: bykands <bykands@MEDIAONE.NET>
Date: Thursday, August 24, 2000 3:37 PM
Hello,
Does anyone have any idea of how I can rid my Brunnera macrophylla of
boxelder bug nymphs? We always have boxelder bugs but it has never
been a problem in our gardens. Is this just a quirk or should we be
checking all of our plants?
Thanks,
Sue
Ken and Sue Dutton
2620 Lake Shore Ave.
Little Canada, MN 55117
k*@aol.com
http://www.ks-plantmarkers.com
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