Kevin and Jim:
This is a great idea. While it is true that practitioners often "worry excessively" about their trees, some pests do pose a lethal and sometimes rapid threat to our trees. I remain amazed at how quickly a large number of Eastern Sawfly Caterpillars destroyed a valuable Japanese black pine of mine over night.
Preventative maintenance has its place in the art of bonsai, and we clearly need to differentiate harmful from harmless pests. The gallery is an excellent vehicle to support this awareness. However, there are times when the use of chemicals is not only warranted but essential.
All of this is said in the context of preserving styled bonsai of both personal and monetary value to the practitioner.
Cordially,
Michael Persiano
http://members.aol.com/iasnob
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From: Jim Lewis
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Sent: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 09:21:59 -0400
Subject: [IBC] Pests on gallery
I'm calling attention to a new thread on the IBC Gallery: "Pests, Let's See Yours" in the "Not Strictly Bonsai" Forum.
It was Kev Bailey's _excellent_ idea, and for all of you who worry excessively every time you see something with six legs near your trees, it will become a place to go for critter ID.
We've just started, so have many critters to add as they show up over the summer, but I invite those of you who can take GOOD macro shots (NO out-of-focus images, please!) to add to the list. We need pics of pests that aren't there yet, pics of a few varieties of some pests (if they're significantly different from those pictured -- an example might be various of the Hemiptera (true bugs)or aphids.
We probably need a companion thread on "good bugs," too just to ensure we don't practice warfare on our allies.
I hope the pictures eventually will be accompanied by BMP control measures. In the meantime (shameless plug) see my "Bugs and Bonsai" article on the IBC web pages' "Knowledge Base." We'll probably download and edit the pictures to go into the Knowledge Base when we get a fairly complete roster gathered together.
Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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