Tell us more! Where is the plant? What do you know about it? Look forward to seeing the bloom! Jeri

Pick the bugs and the buds they've destroyed and give them an appropriate incineration. I think it's unwise to use insecticides when you haven't yet ID'd the bug.

Ginny, yes that creamy leaf-roller looks like exactly what is in my roses. Thanks for the link! Barfedy-barf barf! I am so not a squisher, unless it is something little and relatively fluid-free like an aphid. Those worms? No way. I am however a big believer in hand-picking. I just burn them instead of squishing. I'm not against using chemical sprays; a few times in the past they have done the trick and prevented nasty things like spider mites from spreading. BUT. I'm trying much harder to avoid spraying now, 1) because of pregnancy..no matter how calm it is, I always seem to get a bit of spray flavor in my mouth. I'm sure that's healthy... 2) Some of the sprays seem to weaken the plants so much, that I almost always seem to get something even worse that moves in after I spray 3) Sometimes the spray doesn't quite finish the job, the bug repopulates, and then you are truly screwed because your plant is weakened and you got rid of your beneficial bugs. Definitely a last resort for me. So a handpicking I go! Those rose weevils are annoying..at the slightest brush they fall to the ground, making it hard to find them if you didn't have something under the branch to catch them. That, and the roses also have plenty of revolting spiders camped out on the buds, which for a person with arachnophobia like me, makes for some very ginger picking. There also seems to be some black splotches on quite a few of the buds..like at least half. I'm not sure if I should cut them all out, or if some dark spots are normal or caused by water or something else..hmm..I hope I don't have to cut them out, because Prairie Peace is a heavy bloomer and that will take forever!

A simple soap spray also works well for aphids - just be sure it's dilute enough that it won't harm the plant. The recipe I use is 1 tablespoon Dr. Bronner's castile soap (I use the peppermint scent) in 1 quart of water in a spray bottle - shake well & spray directly on the aphids & new growth on the plant (insects are attracted to the fresh growth). Note that some of the dead bugs might stick to the plant, but you can just rinse them off with water, if desired.