I've been checking my zucchini plants leaves for vine borer eggs. I am using a method I saw on gardenweb using tape and squishing them. I was initially using a little knife to scrape them off but I wanted to make sure they were destroyed.
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| Vine borer eggs...eek |
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| Removing eggs with tape |
I also noticed a cluster of eggs with little fly-looking thing. Of course I yelped and cut the leaf off and stomped on it. (I was in panic mode so I forgot to take a picture). I'm pretty sure they were eggplant lace bugs. Here is one I found.
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| Eggplant lace bug |
I've noticed little black circular dots on leafs which I think are the eggs (since this is where I found the cluster of the little lace bug).
I'm seeing so many insects I have never seen before. It seems the battle with insects is never-ending...
You keep those down there. If I see them on my plants, I will blame you for sharing :P
ReplyDeleteBen, they seem too happy on my eggplants:( So probably they will stay here:)
ReplyDeleteI notice the same thing in my garden nowadays... not the vine borers or lace thingy... bugs that never showed up or didn't register w/me before I started growing edibles.
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