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WillisTxGarden wrote:
I looked around and found a couple of web pages with some pertinent info (I'm just learning how to make a hyperlink - hope this goes right!):
[HYPERLINK@http://www.aces.edu/dept/extcomm/newspaper/june17a03.html]
[HYPERLINK@http://msucares.com/newsletters/pests/bugwise/2005/bw1605.pdf]

Interestingly,...the lace bug also attacks azaleas and verbena. If one is adamently against using insecticides,..
then persistent (and repeated) blasting the undersides of the leaves (once the lace bug is discovered present) with water stream
is recommended. I've included a photo of the lace bug
(TAMU has some info on this critter as well) Lee

This message was edited Jul 29, 2006 4:06 PM