could someone look at these catepillars and tell me what to do?? they are destroying my cone flowers...
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/756760/
Catepillars are feasting on my cone flowers what to do??
Is there any way you could take a closer pic of one of them? There's the Bordered Patch that feeds on plants in the Aster family, but they have some orangey brown on them.
The Common Buckeye cats are black.
these are all black
I can't tell for sure, hopefully someone else will know.
Sure are a lot of them. I have no clue what they are but someone will.
Leslie
they are destroying my cone flowers.... i have to get them away...
St...do they have any dots or stripes at all on them?
no
St, they could be Painted Lady cats....check this out, do they look like these?
Some of the instars look all black:
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/Johnson/hort/Butterfly/BMLifeCycles.htm
i don't think that is them....
Drat! I'm still looking!
I think we have a winner...bing, bing, bing...
My votes with you fly girl, nice job!
Haha rp, I hope so!
thats it what do i do?
Oh great, we're half there.....normally they are found on Nettles, do you have any of those?
Ahhh, could you've been thinking of the 'buckmoth' .. fly_girl -?-
They are quite similar .. and I was heading in the same direction, until I checked my book, & saw that these lil guys (below) were gregarious also. BUT, my book doesn't even mention cone flowers as a food plant!
* * sticks_n_stones * *
I'll betcha, these guys are your pretty black babies that are enjoying the delectable coneflower leaves!
Be sure to take a thorough read of the text content ..
Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis) > http://bugguide.net/node/view/67008/bgimage
Now, I've gotta make a point to check my cone flowers tomorrow!
Thank you, sticksNstones!!
- Magpye
This message was edited Aug 5, 2007 9:34 PM
Magpye, I bet those are them....the Silvery Checkerspot....good job!
Now, what can she put them on? That's the challenge...something that she won't mind being chewed to bits lol
Just so I'm clear - when we say "coneflower" are we talking echinacea or rudbeckia? I have both and of course I want to go check them now. I also wanted to make sure everyone was basing their IDs on the correct plant.
Melanie
Good point Melanie....I assumed....and you know what they say about assuming....
Believe me, I've learned that lesson well!
Quoting:
Common foodplants: Especially wing-stem and sunflowers, but also reported on aster, crown-beard, and black-eyed susans.
HeeHee .. I posted my 'hullacious' duh-moment - on sticks' other thread: as to how I jes lern't anuther sumthin'! .. lol .. > http://davesgarden.com/forums/p.php?pid=3822603
- Magpye
echinacia
Well, now I'm going to have to keep a closer eye because I have seen damage to the leaves of my echinacea but I always thought it was grasshoppers. I'll have to pay attention to them.
how can i get rid of them?
Hmmm, my endeavor of aid is done ..
((Thank you, fly_girl))
G'nite folks ..
- Magpye
Woe now hold on Magpye...we have to figure out what we can put them on!
Sticks, let me do some research and see what we could try.
So, do you think they look more like the Silvery Checkerspot?