Tammy, Those photos of 'Wedding Cake' indicate a heavy infestation of rose scales (in my view, among the most loathsome of all insects). The only thing that would keep me from trashing that plant immediately, would be the knowledge that it was so rare that I'd never be able to replace it. 'Wedding Cake' was in the middle of your pot ghetto? Carefully examine all other denizens of your ghetto. Soon. As for 'Bow Bells' -- return that one to a shaded location pronto. In answer to your question regarding whether you should fertilize that one now: NO. As for those insects . . . I think you may be right in assuming that they're some kind of beetle. They look kind of like Fuller rose beetles (are they more dark gray-ish than black?). If they are Fuller beetles, they'll eat the leaves in short order, but probably not do any lasting damage to the plant. Rather than spraying those critters (whatever they may be) and waiting to see what the morning brings, pinching that leaf off and quickly dispatching it (and them) underfoot is the way to go. Better yet, use your thumb and its 2 adjacent fingers to turn those suckers into a fine puree. I once was very squeamish about bug juice, but no more. Soap and water at the end of a gardening session is almost as satisfying and restorative as a subtle mix of gin and vermouth is at cocktail time.

Mboward, One of the easiest ways to provide your photo to be embedded into a post is to upload it onto an image hosting site such as Photobucket, Flickr, etc. That should be pretty straight forward, and the individual sites will give instructions on how to get your photos uploaded to their site when you sign up. Once your picture has been uploaded, find its web address by right clicking on the image and copying the image location. Some sites may even provide the address in a text box below the photo for your convenience. Let's say, as an example, that the address of the picture you want to post is http://somepicturesite.com/yourpicture.jpg To embed the picture into a post, use the command img src="http://somepicturesite.com/yourpicture.jpg"> Note that I had to use special characters to get the command above to show up here without turning into a picture, but you can use it as shown (with the correct image location, of course). The other option (probably best for large or multiple pictures, but not as handy for the reader for single smaller ones) is to add a link to the bottom of your post in the provided boxes.

a pic of them in focus would help ... but i bet pinesaw larvae ... they eat older needles.. never attack the new growth .. and can be picked off.. of hand sprayed with a pyrrethrum based product LABELED FOR SUCH ... confirm the ID with google images ... or give us a better pic ... no pine holds it leaves forever.. most about 3 years... these are just eating them a year before they fall off ... ken

Here's another pic of the other leaf - the eggs are more disorganized here. And on the same plant, we have a lovely praying mantis that is about 3 inches long. Could it be her eggs?