Garden pests #2

all gone!!!

EWWWWW!

Picking jbs off Crape Myrtle, Cherry tree, couple on lilies and roses, even thou I had sprayed....there aren't tons of them so I guess that's a good thing

Have found them on my DLs this year....

Has anyone tried those JB traps? Worth it?

The traps draw more to the area, if you use them they should be away from the garden.

Like in the neighbor's yard?

Yep!

What if the neighbors are Japanese??

Their eyes would be more squinty

I thought a jb trap was like a mouse trap!

Started at 7:30 this morning. I gave 68 tomatoe plants their 1st haircut. Done 4 hours later.

I think I see the 1st sign of blight. I recall 7 plants had black areas on the stems. I have done 3 rounds of Garden Disease Controll, started doing it in June. If I get blight I will be ready to plow that garden in and never do it again.

This was in my summer squash. I gave him a drink.

think you made a friend

Kiss him!!

Oh, poor baby...he needs to be in a pond.....

We have wetlands not far from the garden. I aint catching it!

what the what is this???? I think he arrived from a far away place....he's HUGE

looks like one of those scarab beetles from the mummy

http://insects.about.com/od/beetles/p/char_coleoptera.htm

Thinking he's not supposed to be in the US

Well's here's some interesting info
http://www.asktheexterminator.com/Beetles/Scarab_Beetle.shtml

is that it?.. June beetle??

http://www.pestproducts.com/images/june-beetle.jpg
http://www.pestproducts.com/scavenger-beetles.htm

LOL

Just found it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotinis_mutabilis

Why is it here though???? Supposed to be in the SW or Mexico!!!!

in the middle of that wikki page

Taxonomy

The figeater beetle (Cotinis mutabilis) is often confused with the green June beetle (Cotinis nitida). They are both members of the flower beetle subfamily[2] (Cetoniinae), and their appearance is quite similar, but the green June beetle is smaller, and its range is in the eastern United States. The only possible crossover of both species is in Texas.

this one maybe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotinis_nitida

keep that creep away from my figs!!!!!

Well this thing is HUGE, I would die if I saw one bigger

Maybe it got blown off course from the hurricane last year, and Survived!

Probably grew in a toxic dump in Jersey.

don't start the Jersey bashing again please

yeah! watch it!

You need to take it to your Dept. of Agriculture....they should know if an exotic is in your area.....

I guess I am done being a guinnea pig. It is still working or should I say I conquered. I feel hornworms coming on.

Everything looks wonderful Sherrie!!!!!!!!! Don't say the H-worm word....i've been thinking the same thing and watching for them. :(

Did you see that article by Critter about the hornworms???
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1270/

they turn into such a pretty moth, just grow some alternative plants for them to munch and move them over to them if you find them on your tomatoes

We dont have the tomatoe hornworm. We have the tobacco hornworm? I dont care I hate the dang things. They end up going back into something and come back the next year. CLIP

Milkweed bug, can't find definitive info if they will destroy plants or not

http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/199/

Jen we had the giant beetles too, they were making holes in the grass and going in.
Found this one a few weeks ago walking across the driveway. It was about 2 1/2''

Ugh, would have died

OMG .. me too