[IBC] Bug identification
Sorry that should have been titled Bug identification
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[IBC] Bug identification
Ben - if you've done enough looking around on the web to think that
these are midges (and it sounds like a good guess to me, though I haven't seen yours), you might have also noticed that they are NOT harmful to plants. So relax, eh? :) No need to go spraying with anything, unless they'e bothering you with their biting, in which case use a regular insect repellant with DEET, on yourself. Some midges are biters of mammals as adults (no-see-ums), but the larvae of all apparently eat algae and aquatic plants. I've only seen them near water myself. Likely they were in/on your juniper because with the constant moisture this spring, you've got some algae growing on the trunk. Heaven knows everything in my collection is growing something green and fuzzy - even the stones! Here's a good site for midge info: http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2129.html Regards, Anita -- Northern Harford County, Maryland, USDA zone 6 "I like winter trees against the sky, I said. What does that say about you, she said, that you like undressed trees. A voyeur." -from a poem by Kay Cheever ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] Bug identification
Right what i was worried about was if they were midges
they may be some kind of juniper tip midge which can cause needle die back as they bore into the needles. I can't get up close enough to them to see them though. Maybe i can catch one tomorrow when i water :). I have a water basin which i noticed larve in i was going to get a goldfish to put in it but i guess i was a day to late. Ben __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] Bug identification
So, what's the differnce between a midge and a gnat?
(They call them "See me nots" in the Bahamas) Regards, Bart ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anita Hawkins" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 6:44 PM Subject: [IBC] Bug identification Ben - if you've done enough looking around on the web to think that these are midges (and it sounds like a good guess to me, though I haven't seen yours), you might have also noticed that they are NOT harmful to plants. So relax, eh? :) No need to go spraying with anything, unless they'e bothering you with their biting, in which case use a regular insect repellant with DEET, on yourself. Some midges are biters of mammals as adults (no-see-ums), but the larvae of all apparently eat algae and aquatic plants. I've only seen them near water myself. Likely they were in/on your juniper because with the constant moisture this spring, you've got some algae growing on the trunk. Heaven knows everything in my collection is growing something green and fuzzy - even the stones! Here's a good site for midge info: http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2129.html Regards, Anita -- Northern Harford County, Maryland, USDA zone 6 "I like winter trees against the sky, I said. What does that say about you, she said, that you like undressed trees. A voyeur." -from a poem by Kay Cheever ************************************************** ************************** **** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ************************** **** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
[IBC] Bug identification
So, what's the differnce between a midge and a gnat? BRBR
From Merriam-Webster online: Main Entry: midge Pronunciation: 'mij Function: noun Etymology: Middle English migge, from Old English mycg; akin to Old High German mucka midge, Greek myia fly, Latin musca Date: before 12th century : a tiny dipteran fly (as a chironomid) Main Entry: gnat Pronunciation: 'nat Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gnętt; akin to Old English gnagan to gnaw Date: before 12th century : any of various small usually biting dipteran flies If you have little creatures resembling midges hovering around your plants, they may be fungus gnats, which is something entirely different. With all the rain we have had, they could multiply more than usual. Iris, Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40 "If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train." Robert Lowell (1917-1977) |
[IBC] Bug identification
So, what's the differnce between a midge and a gnat?
(They call them "See me nots" in the Bahamas) If they bite, they're midges. If they don't bite they're gnat. ;-) jim ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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