CLOSED: This Bug ate my Sum and Substance Hosta!

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oceangirl Cape Cod, MA(Zone 7a) Mar 20, 2007

I have never seen this fella before but he cut the leaves of my hosta off at ground level and I think he killed it! Also left some orange looking residue or eggs. Sorry for the very poor quality of the picture.

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oceangirl Cape Cod, MA(Zone 7a) Mar 20, 2007

Another view. Sorry it is so blurry. I need a new camera.

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oceangirl Cape Cod, MA(Zone 7a) Mar 20, 2007

The residue he left behind. Yuck.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Mar 20, 2007

It looks like a nymph stage Stinkbug of some kind. Hostas are pretty tough, maybe it'll be okay?


http://bugguide.net/node/view/95896

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oceangirl Cape Cod, MA(Zone 7a) Mar 21, 2007

Thnaks claypa,
I think you could be right. I have never seen anything eat a hosta like that before- and I've had hostas for quite a long time.
I hope it comes back this year. They are pretty tough plants.
Thanks for the link- great website, too.

Cindy

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