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I have some bug in my garden that is making some sort of foam on my
strawberry plants and a few others. It is still liquid and doesn't appear to be hardening or changing colors and so on. Just clear bubbles. Can anyone identify it? Bill |
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Noydb wrote:
I have some bug in my garden that is making some sort of foam on my strawberry plants and a few others. It is still liquid and doesn't appear to be hardening or changing colors and so on. Just clear bubbles. Can anyone identify it? The aptly named spittle bug. See he http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/greenli...gl9903.17.html They'll be gone in a few weeks. -- Julie http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumList?u=3008861 |
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Julie wrote:
Noydb wrote: I have some bug in my garden that is making some sort of foam on my strawberry plants and a few others. It is still liquid and doesn't appear to be hardening or changing colors and so on. Just clear bubbles. Can anyone identify it? The aptly named spittle bug. See he http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/greenli...gl9903.17.html They'll be gone in a few weeks. -- Julie http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumList?u=3008861 Thanks Julie. I had continued googling and found that. Since I don't have the density needed for control to be advisable (1 bug per stem) and since this is on food crops (control is burning in hayfields or systemic pesticides in non-food / non-fodder grasses) and since I use organic methods exclusively, I think I'll just ignore them. I needed to know what they were, though, so I could figure out what (if anything) to do about them. I'll burn the strawberry beds this fall with a light straw fire so the spittle bug population should be kept within reasonable bounds. I didn't see any natural enemies in my google search. |
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Noydb wrote:
Julie wrote: Noydb wrote: I have some bug in my garden that is making some sort of foam on my strawberry plants and a few others. It is still liquid and doesn't appear to be hardening or changing colors and so on. Just clear bubbles. Can anyone identify it? The aptly named spittle bug. See he http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/greenli...gl9903.17.html They'll be gone in a few weeks. -- Julie http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumList?u=3008861 Thanks Julie. I had continued googling and found that. Since I don't have the density needed for control to be advisable (1 bug per stem) and since this is on food crops (control is burning in hayfields or systemic pesticides in non-food / non-fodder grasses) and since I use organic methods exclusively, I think I'll just ignore them. I needed to know what they were, though, so I could figure out what (if anything) to do about them. I'll burn the strawberry beds this fall with a light straw fire so the spittle bug population should be kept within reasonable bounds. I didn't see any natural enemies in my google search. I've found that they actually do little damage - except to my lavender, where they can decimate the blooms. I try to stay organic, so my defense is a strong spray from the hose. Something else that works for me - fish around in the spittle, find a bug and crush it between your fingers, then wipe your fingers off on the leaves. Besides the "gotcha" boost, I've found that the plant that I've "wiped" will be left alone from then on. Works a bit for aphids, too, but the "ick" factor is greater for me with aphids. Totally non-scientific, and I'm sure that as soon as somebody tells me this can't work, it will stop working. -- Julie http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumList?u=3008861 |
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