eat, rest, repeat........
Sep 22, 2019 14:22:48 #
Sep 22, 2019 14:59:32 #
Sep 22, 2019 15:13:00 #
napabob wrote:
milkweed leaf
The lady bugs are noxious to taste, smell, and touch.
They are one of the aphid's major controls. Not much eats the aphids, and few predators eat ladybugs.
The common milkweed is host to a lot of very close relations. Beetles, bugs, aphids and more are dependent on it besides Monarchs.
Bill
Sep 22, 2019 19:56:39 #
Sep 22, 2019 20:16:57 #
tinusbum wrote:
thats the busiest leaf i have seen
and there are many as bad or worse that I can't get to, gonna take some wide shots of the carnage
Sep 22, 2019 23:25:59 #
Sep 23, 2019 04:09:47 #
Sep 23, 2019 08:20:06 #
newtoyou wrote:
The lady bugs are noxious to taste, smell, and touch.
They are one of the aphid's major controls. Not much eats the aphids, and few predators eat ladybugs.
The common milkweed is host to a lot of very close relations. Beetles, bugs, aphids and more are dependent on it besides Monarchs.
Bill
They are one of the aphid's major controls. Not much eats the aphids, and few predators eat ladybugs.
The common milkweed is host to a lot of very close relations. Beetles, bugs, aphids and more are dependent on it besides Monarchs.
Bill
Milkweed seems to only get those yellow aphids. There are some insects that eat Ladybugs though.... See here...https://www.flickr.com/photos/screaminscott/14318790826/in/photolist-2gasyyy-2bNtjff-GFUmo1-GzUz7T-GVt8Q9-BT9iBy-AodpC1-yT2apo-xCPY2G-wRa7cW-wHekuj-uYHenK-uG8qQw-tGuKsd-un4tK2-uDJsZ2-tex8EY-tRKYhE-oY2hGx-p3Yfvk-ojxxB1-oHXnce-oN6J7Z-oGBCu2-o1Gphv-d2QPYA-d2QPSL-nY9oqz-nApnLq-nPixDU-YUdfK9-nJPXZY-nfTjWn-nfTse9-hrjygW-fo1jy1-fcx2jv-eSWXjo-d2QPW5-9Bqr3j-9BqqZ7-6aFFJZ-4QBfyQ-42CMU5-42yD46-42yD6P
Sep 23, 2019 09:30:47 #
Sep 23, 2019 09:55:21 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
Milkweed seems to only get those yellow aphids. Th... (show quote)
A beetle in the family Cleridae. These are a beneficial beetle, eating wood boring beetle larva as larva, and any small insect it can overpower as an adult. A few are household pests, eating preserved foods in the pantry.
Thank you for the link.
Bill
Sep 23, 2019 15:52:41 #
napabob wrote:
Looks like you have been taking photos in my front yard. milkweed leaf
The ladybugs are holding their own right now but I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of the large hover flies.
They show up about the end of September and within 2 weeks the aphids are gone.
Sep 23, 2019 15:57:17 #
That is quite a scene! I have never seen so much 'drama' in just a few square inches.
Sep 23, 2019 16:21:15 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
It's like an 'All You Can Eat Buffet' for bugs!That is quite a scene! I have never seen so much 'drama' in just a few square inches.
Sep 23, 2019 16:23:34 #
BBurns wrote:
Looks like you have been taking photos in my front yard.
The ladybugs are holding their own right now but I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of the large hover flies.
They show up about the end of September and within 2 weeks the aphids are gone.
The ladybugs are holding their own right now but I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of the large hover flies.
They show up about the end of September and within 2 weeks the aphids are gone.
a-yup, their larva are helping too........
Sep 23, 2019 16:44:22 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
That is quite a scene! I have never seen so much 'drama' in just a few square inches.
cell pic, got yellow gut streaks on both arms getting this shot, most larva counted on one leaf was 13
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