ID needed - What is this on a milkweed leaf?
Sep 24, 2016 20:40:42 #
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Sep 24, 2016 23:18:20 #
robertjerl wrote:
Hasn't moved or changed appearance.
I know people like that! LOL
Sep 24, 2016 23:31:38 #
Lady beetle pupa. Here is a beetle just eclosing from pupa shell.
Sep 24, 2016 23:34:31 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Lady beetle pupa.
OK, thanks for the information.
Sep 25, 2016 08:47:51 #
Sep 25, 2016 12:57:49 #
robertjerl wrote:
Has been on this leaf for three days.
What is it?
What is it?
Booger?😆
Sep 25, 2016 13:07:07 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Lady beetle pupa. Here is a beetle just eclosing from pupa shell.
Sep 25, 2016 14:23:24 #
PRETENDER wrote:
Very nice. Bad news for garden pests.
But I read a warning on a monarch site that if they run out of pests they will go after the butterfly eggs and larvae.
Sep 25, 2016 14:23:52 #
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Sep 25, 2016 14:44:26 #
robertjerl wrote:
You are correct. Nature has a balance. There must be enough food for everybody. However, Lady beetles, Lacewings and Hoverflies are your best friends. It is important to have them around. Their larvae will consume the eggs and first instar larvae. But remember, what attracts them there in the first place are the aphids and they will focus on them as their primary food source. My biggest loss of eggs and small larva this time of year is to wasps and spiders. But I read a warning on a monarch site that if they run out of pests they will go after the butterfly eggs and larvae.
This is a slow time of the year for Monarchs in California so your attrition loss is minimal. If you have milkweed that is long and scarce of many leaves, now is the time to trim it back to about 8”. This way it will grow a new stem from each node so you will have plenty of leaves when the Monarchs start to come in late Oct-Nov. The heavy breeding season here is Nov.- Feb.
Sep 25, 2016 14:50:39 #
BBurns wrote:
You are correct. Nature has a balance. There must ... (show quote)
Thank you for the information. My milkweed are all in pots, and several new plants are coming up in each pot, also a couple of the other pots are getting plants, since some of those plants have finished their cycle and died off I will encourage the milkweed.
All of my original plants are getting a new crop of flowers.
Sep 25, 2016 15:03:00 #
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