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Need help identifying egss.....please

14 years ago

Hi, I'm new to the plant forum and need help identifying what type of insect is destryoing several of my plants-- inlcuding Foxglove, Impatients, Poppies and are now working on the my walking Iris's, just to name a few. There seem to be moths around the plants, but I wasn't sure if moth's laid eggs. I've done pesticides, neem oil, dust, etc. Nothing seems to work. Here's one pic. I have more I can post. Please help. I want to kill these insects before they destroy my other flowers!! Thanks.

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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
14 years ago
The image is too small, fuzzy to be able to make an ID.
jean001
14 years ago
Please stop spraying until you figure out what's wrong..

A wild guess about what's in the small image is root rot.

But please do post other, and larger, images.
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jojo280
Original Author
14 years ago
Ok, thanks. It's not root rot b/c one day the plants are fine, the next day there are eggs in the middle and the plant is ruined. In this pic the eggs are actually on the side, but that is not how its been. I just bought Sevin and will be spraying tonight before I leave for two weeks. I want to have plants when I return. Thanks for any help!!!

Here is a link that might be useful: Insect Eggs
jean001
14 years ago
The Sevin won't do any good. It may not be critters of any sort.

The two things that come to mind are a slime mold on the rotted stems. Or a nasty soil-borne fungus.

If either one of those, the stems will be soft and/or mushy at the base.

Send the images to your County's extension Service Office. They will know the common diseases in your area. Or to a large independent garden center. Folks at one of those places should know the common problems in your area.

Then please come back to tell us what they told you.
jojo280
Original Author
14 years ago
Thanks for the advice Jean. The stems are soft and mushy at the base, but only after the tiny eggs show up in the middle. I will see if we have a county extension off ice in S. Florida.
jean001
14 years ago
Mushy before or after doesn't make any difference. It's a disease.

To find your county's Extension office,
Go to http://www.csrees.usda.gov/Extension/
Then click on Florida,
Then click on the name of your county.

Here is a link that might be useful: to locate an Extension Service office

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