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Texas Beetle
I put in 20 running feet of raised rose beds on my vacation. Went to
Tyler and picked up some real beauties, to include a Blue Skies and Frontier Twirl. Everyone is doing well, but in the last month or so I’ve seen a small, emerald green, black spotted beetle. They are the size of a Ladybug, only elongated instead of circular. Every time I've seen them, they are very deep into the petals of the flower. Anyone want to venture a guess as to my little visitor’s identity? I've seen some damage to some of my blooms, but I'm not sure they are the culprits. I’ve only seen them on the very fragrant blooms, but that may be coincidence. |
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Texas Beetle
"perlbanger" wrote in message ... I put in 20 running feet of raised rose beds on my vacation. Went to Tyler and picked up some real beauties, to include a Blue Skies and Frontier Twirl. Everyone is doing well, but in the last month or so I've seen a small, emerald green, black spotted beetle. They are the size of a Ladybug, only elongated instead of circular. Every time I've seen them, they are very deep into the petals of the flower. Anyone want to venture a guess as to my little visitor's identity? I've seen some damage to some of my blooms, but I'm not sure they are the culprits. I've only seen them on the very fragrant blooms, but that may be coincidence. You might check the following sites to see if you can id the beetle: http://members.tripod.com/buggyrose/ http://www.rose-roses.com/problems/badinsects.html http://insects.tamu.edu/images/insects/common/ You can also check a local nursery. They can often id bugs. By your description it sounds like it might be a cucumber beetle. Gail near San Antonio TX Zone 8 |
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Texas Beetle (Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle)
On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:14:28 GMT, "Gail Futoran"
wrote: "perlbanger" wrote in message .. . I put in 20 running feet of raised rose beds on my vacation. Went to Tyler and picked up some real beauties, to include a Blue Skies and Frontier Twirl. Everyone is doing well, but in the last month or so I've seen a small, emerald green, black spotted beetle. They are the size of a Ladybug, only elongated instead of circular. Every time I've seen them, they are very deep into the petals of the flower. Anyone want to venture a guess as to my little visitor's identity? I've seen some damage to some of my blooms, but I'm not sure they are the culprits. I've only seen them on the very fragrant blooms, but that may be coincidence. You might check the following sites to see if you can id the beetle: http://members.tripod.com/buggyrose/ http://www.rose-roses.com/problems/badinsects.html http://insects.tamu.edu/images/insects/common/ You can also check a local nursery. They can often id bugs. By your description it sounds like it might be a cucumber beetle. Gail near San Antonio TX Zone 8 Ok, some one out there hand the little lady a cigar. I went out to the first site, then googled the scientific name (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) and found an image of exactly what is eating my roses. I'll head over to my local nursury tomorrow and ask them what to do. Good job, Gail. Thank bunches for the sites. I'll book mark them. Of topic: my favorite mexican cafe is in San Antonio, Rosario's Mexican Café y Cantina 910 S. Alamo (78205) (210) 223-1806 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Mon | 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Tues-Thurs 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. Fri-Sat Thanks again, Rick Wylie, TX zone 7/8 Ever been there? |
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Texas Beetle (Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle)
"perlbanger" wrote in message
... On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:14:28 GMT, "Gail Futoran" wrote: "perlbanger" wrote in message . .. I put in 20 running feet of raised rose beds on my vacation. Went to Tyler and picked up some real beauties, to include a Blue Skies and Frontier Twirl. Everyone is doing well, but in the last month or so I've seen a small, emerald green, black spotted beetle. They are the size of a Ladybug, only elongated instead of circular. Every time I've seen them, they are very deep into the petals of the flower. Anyone want to venture a guess as to my little visitor's identity? I've seen some damage to some of my blooms, but I'm not sure they are the culprits. I've only seen them on the very fragrant blooms, but that may be coincidence. You might check the following sites to see if you can id the beetle: http://members.tripod.com/buggyrose/ http://www.rose-roses.com/problems/badinsects.html http://insects.tamu.edu/images/insects/common/ You can also check a local nursery. They can often id bugs. By your description it sounds like it might be a cucumber beetle. Gail near San Antonio TX Zone 8 Ok, some one out there hand the little lady a cigar. I went out to the first site, then googled the scientific name (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) and found an image of exactly what is eating my roses. I'll head over to my local nursury tomorrow and ask them what to do. Good job, Gail. Thank bunches for the sites. I'll book mark them. Of topic: my favorite mexican cafe is in San Antonio, Rosario's Mexican Café y Cantina 910 S. Alamo (78205) (210) 223-1806 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Mon | 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Tues-Thurs 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. Fri-Sat Thanks again, Rick Wylie, TX zone 7/8 Ever been there? Hi Rick - Nope, never been to Wylie. I've been to more TX cities and towns in my life than any other state I've ever been in, but this is a BIG state! I've heard of Rosarios, but we almost never get to the downtown SA area. When we do we have a few restaurants we like to go to. I'm glad the links helped. I had an influx of cucumber beetles this year. Can't recall what I did, probably ignored them. I usually cross my fingers and hope the critters will work things out between them. Gail |
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Texas Beetle (Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle)
Just to run into rose stems :-) - Wylie, TX - Must be Collin County (North Texas)
than Taylor County - 'out West' - Guess the 7/8 tells Collin to me. Martin Martin H. Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net NRA LOH & Endowment Member NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member http://lufkinced.com/ Gail Futoran wrote: "perlbanger" wrote in message ... On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:14:28 GMT, "Gail Futoran" wrote: "perlbanger" wrote in message ... I put in 20 running feet of raised rose beds on my vacation. Went to Tyler and picked up some real beauties, to include a Blue Skies and Frontier Twirl. Everyone is doing well, but in the last month or so I've seen a small, emerald green, black spotted beetle. They are the size of a Ladybug, only elongated instead of circular. Every time I've seen them, they are very deep into the petals of the flower. Anyone want to venture a guess as to my little visitor's identity? I've seen some damage to some of my blooms, but I'm not sure they are the culprits. I've only seen them on the very fragrant blooms, but that may be coincidence. You might check the following sites to see if you can id the beetle: http://members.tripod.com/buggyrose/ http://www.rose-roses.com/problems/badinsects.html http://insects.tamu.edu/images/insects/common/ You can also check a local nursery. They can often id bugs. By your description it sounds like it might be a cucumber beetle. Gail near San Antonio TX Zone 8 Ok, some one out there hand the little lady a cigar. I went out to the first site, then googled the scientific name (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) and found an image of exactly what is eating my roses. I'll head over to my local nursury tomorrow and ask them what to do. Good job, Gail. Thank bunches for the sites. I'll book mark them. Of topic: my favorite mexican cafe is in San Antonio, Rosario's Mexican Café y Cantina 910 S. Alamo (78205) (210) 223-1806 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Mon | 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Tues-Thurs 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. Fri-Sat Thanks again, Rick Wylie, TX zone 7/8 Ever been there? Hi Rick - Nope, never been to Wylie. I've been to more TX cities and towns in my life than any other state I've ever been in, but this is a BIG state! I've heard of Rosarios, but we almost never get to the downtown SA area. When we do we have a few restaurants we like to go to. I'm glad the links helped. I had an influx of cucumber beetles this year. Can't recall what I did, probably ignored them. I usually cross my fingers and hope the critters will work things out between them. Gail ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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