Please ID Bug eating our Rasberry Leaves
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please help id this bug eating my plants in my sfg
Comments (6)If you can stand it, remove and crush the beetles. They leave a trail for other beetles to visit so you should look in the same places for infestation. You could carry a container with soapy water and place them in that. I've found that the catbirds and other birds eat the beetles I've crushed and left on the ground. The beetles particularly like certain plants. If those plants are grown in afternoon sun, they will attract more beetles than those growing in a shady site in afternoon when beetles are the most active. Roses, azaleas, crape myrtle, Oenothera, Gaura and some Clematis attract them here....See MoreHelp identifying little bug eating holes in my rose leaves!
Comments (5)It's a japanese beetle. Welcome to roses. You can knock them off every evening into a bucket/jar of soapy water like jim recommends and that does work very well, but if you want something stronger and non organic you can spray with sevin in the evenings (not powder, it kills bee hives and not during the day, as that kills active bees also) or use milky spore (Lowes and Home Depot carry it here) but that kills future eggs/beetles so it won't work this year. Or, be like me and do nothing. Some years are worse than others but I'm not harming the butterflies, frogs, skinks, or hummingbirds while trying to control a little leaf damage. When you don't kill one thing, everything lives and eats one another so it all works out for the best....See MorePlease help me ID what kind of bug is eating my peppers
Comments (3)It looks like Flea Beetle damage. Keep an eye out for tiny black hopping beetles. They are very fast. The link below has a few options for control(did a quick web search). I have found nasturtiums to be a good trap crop. Here is a link that might be useful: flea beetle control...See MoreWhat bug is this please? And ID of plant
Comments (9)Heather Look for seedlings around, I just took these snapshots thru the fence - there is at least 20 seedlings on their side (and few holes chewed on them just the same!) : Heather, I wouldn't run out to find a bug spray unless you are sure what is eating the leaves and if it is really 'dangerous' level...it is fall after all, and plants leaves are falling off. It is most likely some caterpillar. You would need to see it to hopefully find out what it will turn into - some are beautiful and desirable butterflies, others are pollinating moths, and some are destructive. But as I said, unless they cause big damage I wouldn't use any chemicals. Bad bugs like Japanese beetles are gone (I mean adults, their eggs already hatched and larvae is in the soil - they get deeper as it get colder and overwinter there). In the meantime, you could be killing beneficials. The Hibiscus genus has several hundred species, one can make tea using flowers, some are used as vegetables, and there is a species used to make paper... Gill H. calycinum is commonly called St. John's worth around here IIRC... Do you have one of the large-flowering types? do you overwinter yours in GH?...See Moredoriswk
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