Please help identify pests!
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Please Help Identify Pest/Disease on Blackberry Leaves
Comments (7)wind.. high winds flap the leaves around.. and they shred themselves on their own thorns ... when jean suggested mechanical.. most of us read that to mean.. IGNORE IT ... there is nothing to do.. and as a newbie.. do understand.. that leaves take a heck of a beating over the season.. and do not look martha stewart perfect all year long ... the leaf is green.. and still functioning.. there is nothing for you to do.. nor worry about.. ken...See MorePlease help identify this pest!
Comments (4)In some places Creeping Jenny is considered a noxious "weed" while other places and people consider it a good ground cover. Sawflies, wasps not flies, probably will not "kill" your Creeping Jenny, although a large invasion of the larva can weaken plants so they are susceptible to other problems. Insecticidal Soaps can, when applied early enough in the life cycle, help control them and Insecticidal Soaps containing pyrethrins may be of some helps later, but then why use the soap since it is the Pyrtethrin that does them in. Spinosad also can be used but that is very toxic to bees (as is pyrethrin) so due care in use is necessary. Here is a link that might be useful: Sawflies...See MorePlease help identify this pest...
Comments (2)Jean, I looked up some photos online, and that's exactly what they are. Thanks so much for your help. I have SO many of them it's driving me crazy. I'll make sure to spray them well in the morning. Thanks again!...See MorePlease help identify pests on eggplants (photos included).
Comments (4)It is a potato bug larvae, but it is the larvae of the false potato beetle not the Colorado potato beetle. Both look the same except for color. Both have those distinctive spots on the sides and both are distructive to vegetables. However the Colorado potato larvae is orange and the false potato beetle larvae is white. Anything that kills one will kill the other so follow kimmsr's advice...See Moregracie01 zone5 SW of Chicago
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