sunflower moth larvae not just on coneflowers
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Comments (28)I also am not sure how to react to the problem, Trovesoftrilliums. In your case, I'd suspect that the plants you purchased were already infested. I'm wondering if growers are using commercially available miticides to delay the flower deformity stage of mite infestation. Several miticides are available to use (commercially). I read the MSDS sheet (material safety data sheet) for one. Pretty toxic stuff. I don't use pesticides/herbicides. With mixed perennial beds, I'm not too upset if a particular plants or group of plants can't be use. I just don't use lilies, fritillaria and toad lilies any more because of lily beetles. It would be a pity to not have any coneflowers. They're useful July perennials here. At this stage, I think I'll reduce the number of echinacea in our garden, as they get noticeably infested. I'm beginning to think mites may have moved, in our garden, from from plants with mites, I purchased, to unaffected plants I already had. But (I think) only to plants which were close by. I know some gardeners are handling the problem by cutting off deformed flowers (presumably full of mites) and using several applications of insecticidal soap. I'm suspecting that it's not possible to completely rid an infested plant, since mites are located deep inside the flower tissue. Presumably it takes some time (for there to be enough mites?) before there is clear evidence of their presence in any particular flower (i.e. it's deformed). I'm also assuming that as the coneflower rosette mite only infests coneflowers (it certainly seems so), it's not disastrous to have coneflower rosette mite present in the garden. All the other perennials should be fine....See Morewhat do you feed your painted lady larvae?
Comments (5)Good I have plenty of mallows. Marsh-mallows that is. Will that work?? I could melt them on some graham crackers. Anyway, I've given them several things, including sunflower, coneflower, cudweed (a few hearty ones eemail), tickseed/coreposis, etc. And they are eating a bit of a couple of those so I guess they are OK, just seem to wander off a lot. I'd just put them on a potted sunflower but I'm worried they would wander off, and they are so tiny I'd never know it! So for now I'll just keep adding fresh leaves and maybe when the get a little bigger put them on the potted plant. Thanks all!...See MoreCaterpillars on Sunflower and Coneflower
Comments (1)Fantastic, Sandy! You've released an incredible number of monarchs, and such a variety of butterfly larvae! I hope you'll post pictures of the checkerspots. I don't get them here, I'm too far east for even silvery checkerspots. Congratulations! Sherry...See MoreLarvae/worm eating from the inside of the tips of leaves
Comments (4)Well the larvae/worm is a light greenish color and very very small. I first saw it when I was wondering to myself why the leaves on my sunflowers were turning brown and wilting. So I happened to look at the leaves towards the sun and could see the larvae/worm inside the leaf wriggling around. I have been squishing them inside the leaves so far and seems that is the only way to contain them. I am wondering what bug is laying the eggs to for these larvae. They can't be more than 1/8 in long and light to pale green. It is just real weird and I have noticed that they are in some of my other seedlings leaves. Seems they like young plants. I would describe them as almost like a leafminer except they don't leave a trail in the leaves, they just eat everything they can....See Moretrovesoftrilliums
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