Need pest ID please
wintercat_gw
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Need ID on veggie pest or disease please
Comments (7)It's hard to tell exactly from the pic, but it looks kinda like leaf miner. Leaf miner is a tiny insect which burrows between the top and bottom epidermis of the leaf. It wanders around in a random path. From that description you can tell if you have leaf miners and look up the appropriate treatment if you do. Small seedlings get sheared off at ground level by cutworms. The solution is easy. Cutworms must encircle the stem to do their work, so you can block them by inserting a toothpick or matchstick into the soil parallel to and against the stem. Gardening has many opportunities for failure. I hope you have lots of big successes to compensate for the failures. Jim...See MorePlease help me ID the pest destroying my nursery!!!!
Comments (37)Sneaky little thing, huh? I haven't had to trap one of those but did have to use glue traps for field mice some years ago, had to because we had small children and anything else was dangerous for them. Our squirrels won't go after peanuts or pb but bird seeds (black sunflower currently) will lure them into the havaheart trap (we release them into the big park a couple miles away). Good luck getting that thing John, he's eating you out of flora and fauna! ;)...See MoreNeed help with pest ID please
Comments (10)Now, we can talk! This is what I was suspecting but couldn't see from the original photos. And WHO was gonna believe this? Your pest is the larvae of the three-lined potato beetle. It piles its excrement on its back as a fashion statement of some kind (actually a good disguise). Your plant is in the same family as potatoes, tomatoes, etc. Here is a link that might be useful:...See MorePossible Pest ID, Please
Comments (3)It is scale and generally control measures are necessary. Unless you use a systemic control, you will need to make repeated applications because they can be difficult to eradicate. A horticultural oil should do the trick. The best control can be had while the scale is in the "crawler" phase, and they are so small then, you likely won't be able to see them crawling on the leaves (they are tiny specks). So don't miss the repeat applications per the oil's instructions, should you choose to use oil. It also helps to control the small ant population at the same time, because it is not uncommon for ants to feed on the honeydew and protect the scale from natural predators....See Morerhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
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