In article .com,
Amber writes
My camera only does 10x it just isn't strong enough.

That's why I was suggesting using software to magnify the picture not
the camera.


--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

Kay. I got my more technical housemate to do this. All we ended up with
was a blurred mess. It really showed nothing at all ;-(

The plants I put the powder on yesterday seem to be pretty much free of
the bugs. There are loads on the greenhouse glass ;-( which I just
couldn't get the powder on without getting loads on me. I have been
squiching some though.

Amber wrote:

Kay. I got my more technical housemate to do this. All we ended up with
was a blurred mess. It really showed nothing at all ;-(

You are actually better off trying to take a photograph through a
handheld magnifying lens with a digicam that doesn't do macro zoom.
Eventually you will get a decent photo this way.

The plants I put the powder on yesterday seem to be pretty much free of
the bugs. There are loads on the greenhouse glass ;-( which I just
couldn't get the powder on without getting loads on me. I have been
squiching some though.

Bright yellow card coated in cycle grease often works for pollen beetles
and similar pests.

Regards,
Martin Brown

"Amber" wrote in message
oups.com...
My camera only does 10x it just isn't strong enough. I did find a
picture online that looks like what I can see :
http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/P5/P54161.HTM
The closeup of the above weevil I don't think is mine. But it shows how
small they are and so how hard to ID. I did find a HDRA forum posting
from a year ago fo someone with tonnes of weevils over some veggies.
Noone answered her post though.
Provado's vine weevil killer now does 4 months. Hopefully it will kill
off the grubs. I also got some derris that does weevils (doesn't
specify types)


OK !
Doesn't look like vine weevils to me. They seem to be more solitary creatures by
nature. Also larger......
Jenny

"cliff_the_gardener" wrote in message
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Unfortunately Armillotox is no longer approved for such a treatment


I know its not approved now thanks to EU regulations ,,,,,,,,,,but it still
works on vine weevil whether the EU like it or not

However i do not believe that what amber has are vine weevils ...

1) they are too small
2) they dont appear in that kind of number

I have previously had yellow sticky traps up. But removed them as I
read that yellow also attracts benifical insects.

Anyone know if this is true or not?

In article , JennyC
writes

OK !
Doesn't look like vine weevils to me. They seem to be more solitary
creatures by
nature. Also larger......
Jenny




In the last week I have found 10 vine weevils wandering around the
garden! Does this mean the arrival of an unusually large number this
year? Normally they only seem to come out at night.
(They were all individual sightings)

However on a more cheerful note we seem to be very low on wasps at the
moment whereas last year we spent all July having to avoid masses.

Janet
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

In article , Janet Tweedy
writes

In the last week I have found 10 vine weevils wandering around the
garden! Does this mean the arrival of an unusually large number this
year? Normally they only seem to come out at night.
(They were all individual sightings)

I have escorted about 10 from the greenhouse this year, after several
years of not seeing *any*.

--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

In article . com, Amber
writes
I have previously had yellow sticky traps up. But removed them as I
read that yellow also attracts benifical insects.

Anyone know if this is true or not?

yes, they do. But then, apart from natural predators, most things that
kill fail to distinguish between harmful and beneficial insects - that
includes pyrethrins and piperonly butoxide.

--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

Kay: good point!