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Comment by Aleta Quejas-Gehrke on July 26, 2010 at 4:13pm

Thanks Kim, I'll do that.. it's nice to know there is such a website for insect identifications...

Comment by Kim Beall on July 26, 2010 at 1:54pm

Muriel and Aleta (and everyone!): Try whatsthatbug.com - you can do a search to try to find photos to identify bugs, or you can submit a photo and the bug-loving members will almost always be able to identify it. I have IDed every mystery bug I've ever seen thanks to that site, but sometimes I just go there 'cause it's just plain fascinating!

Comment by Aleta Quejas-Gehrke on July 22, 2010 at 12:04am

I just joined this forum and would like some help from you guys, I hope somebody can help me out. Does anyone know what these are? I found them in clusters on my artichoke plant. I sprayed them with water to get them off the plant, and I wish they're gone for good... but if not, what can I do to kill them? Is there any safe way I can eliminate them? I'm doing organic gardening so I'd like to use safe products for my plants. Any ideas please? Thanks so much.

Comment by Kimberly White, Lombard, IL,Zn 5 on July 6, 2010 at 10:25am

Just joined this group today, so please let me know if this was in a past conversation. I have never in my life, seen so many Japanese beetles. I have lived in this same house for 24 years and have never ever seen an infestation like this. Is it the weather conditions or what? Far too many to go walking around collecting them in a jar of soapy water. We put up traps, some are attracted to it, but I still have hundreds all over the place. Will diatomaceous earth kill them?

Comment by Muriel Fish on June 14, 2010 at 6:23pm

He doesn't seem to ever be eating lettuce, at least not during the day. He just sits on the top of the head and watches. I hope he's munching bad guys.

Comment by Annette Sanders on June 14, 2010 at 5:30pm

Muriel, I don't know what insect that is, but it sure is beautiful! Let me know if you find out what it is...

I just had two of the three preying mantis egg sacks hatch this weekend, and my herb garden and flower bed have been filled with hundreds of baby mantids. About 1/2 inch long by 1/16 inch wide! So cute.

Comment by Muriel Fish on June 14, 2010 at 4:33pm

Is this a good guy or a bad guy in my lettuce?

Comment by Muriel Fish on June 14, 2010 at 4:31pm

I love my scarecrow motion activated sprinkler. Put it at the base of the rose and anything that moves, including you, will get a shot of water.

Comment by Sheri - WA./San Juan Islands on June 5, 2010 at 1:27pm

Leilani, you need to get some plywood, cut it in shapes to fill the area and pound a bunch of nails into the plywood. Cats and other animals will not walk on a bed of nails.

Comment by Leilani on June 5, 2010 at 11:55am

I have a problem! A Tom cat has chosen a corner of one of my rose beds to spray every time he visits. It stinks, and the rose is suffering I think, since its smaller than the rest and the pretty peach yellow blooms are small and mottled.
Do I have to pull it up? and how do I get this cat out of there? we have no fences and no way to keep critters out. We had a skunk visit last night, Im wondering if was attracted to the Toms spray scent?
This is a repost from Roses grp, but I figured to try pest people as well.

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