Unidentified smell! Please help!
hitthewall55
12 years ago
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Comments (2)hard to tell but it reminds me of an oleander trained in tree form. Can you get a better picture of the flower and close-up of the foliage in some brightter light?...See MorePlease help! Several unidentified growing objects in my garden..
Comments (3)Thank you so much for everyones help. That weedy prunus like thing looks so much like a cherry with its leaves and bark. And its right behind my cherry tree. I have left it for now. I will give it a few days to see if it flowers like my cherry tree which is flowering now. The other plants I pulled all out except for the delphinium/larkspur which I planted. I thought it was something else because when I googled delphinium seedlings the leaves were quite different from mine! Thanks again Here is a link that might be useful: My Garden...See Moreunidentified insects on meyer lemon please need help!!!
Comments (3)Looks kinda like migrating ants. They send out a winged version to establish new colonies. Common in the early summer. But that's just my guess. Could also be a tiny parasitic wasp, but those are usually solitary. Ants are a minor nuisance in this form. The wasps would be good, they prey on the bad insects. Flying Ants; Wasps; Here is a link that might be useful: on flying ants...See MoreHelp! Unidentifiable Smell
Comments (8)Thanks to everyone who have replied with suggestions. I did figure it out and it's all quite embarassing! I read on the internet that sometimes a dead animal smell can sometimes be confused with burning electrical wires. I smelled my daughters light switch in her bathroom and oila! Boy was it strong. There was also an electrical outlet close to the smell in the kitchen so, I called the electrician...But wait, it gets better! Electrician came out. Said it wasn't electrical wires, more like a chemical or hair burning. Took him about 30 minutes, but he figured it out. I had purchased some strong kind of glue to fix my daughter's shoes. The glue was sealed up, but sitting on my counter in the kitchen. My daughter's shoes were in her closet (therefore the smell in the bedroom) and my handyman had used to glue to fix the lightswitch he had cracked in my daughter's bathroom. Threw out the glue, the shoes, and the lightswitch. Mystery solved!...See Moreemknc
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