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little red bugs
can anyone tell me what these little red bugs are that are on my heliopsis
plants, they are tiny but can be seen real easy ,and if you pick them they disintigrate and you are left with red all over your fingers! are they harmful to the plant and if so what to use to get rid of them. I have sprayed them with plant insecticide but they keep coming back. |
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Ken wrote:
can anyone tell me what these little red bugs are that are on my heliopsis plants, they are tiny but can be seen real easy ,and if you pick them they disintigrate and you are left with red all over your fingers! are they harmful to the plant and if so what to use to get rid of them. I have sprayed them with plant insecticide but they keep coming back. maybe cochineal bugs though they are usually associated with cactus. Carl -- to reply, change ( .not) to ( .net) |
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On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 21:14:08 -0400, "Ken"
wrote: can anyone tell me what these little red bugs are that are on my heliopsis plants, they are tiny but can be seen real easy ,and if you pick them they disintigrate and you are left with red all over your fingers! are they harmful to the plant and if so what to use to get rid of them. I have sprayed them with plant insecticide but they keep coming back. "Chiggers" are also called redbugs, in the spider family. Do they have 8 legs? |
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Ken wrote:
can anyone tell me what these little red bugs are that are on my heliopsis plants, they are tiny but can be seen real easy ,and if you pick them they disintigrate and you are left with red all over your fingers! are they harmful to the plant and if so what to use to get rid of them. I have sprayed them with plant insecticide but they keep coming back. They are red spider mites. Any if you keep using insecticide you might kill your plant. The best thing to use on them is soapy water. Take a capful of Dawn (or you favorite dishwashing liquid) and mix it with a quart of water and spray the plant until it is dripping wet. You may need to do that every four days or so until the mites are gone but it is a lot safer than what you are using and works a lot better. -- Bill R. (Ohio Valley, U.S.A) Gardening for over 40 years To see pictures from my garden visit http://members.iglou.com/brosen Digital Camera - Pentax *ist DL Remove NO_WEEDS_ in e-mail address to reply by e-mail |
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