Invasion insect army
Dec 8, 2018 07:56:30 #
Glad this was attack on large thistles in a nearby paddock and not in my garden..
Dec 8, 2018 09:54:15 #
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Dec 8, 2018 17:45:09 #
You are doing well not to have any of these in your garden, I fight with various aphids from spring to autumn.Dec 8, 2018 17:49:01 #
evenic wrote:
Glad this was attack on large thistles in a nearby paddock and not in my garden..
Fifth picture, a caterpillar, underside of stem on right where the stem curves??
There are some butterfly larva that eat aphids. Is this one?
Bill
Dec 9, 2018 09:56:33 #
Nice find and thanks for sharing. I enjoy watching them when I come across them for they lead a quite interesting life.
Dec 9, 2018 13:43:18 #
evenic wrote:
Glad this was attack on large thistles in a nearby paddock and not in my garden..
Looking deeper for butterfly larva eating aphids.
The plant looks to be Sow-Thistle, Sonchus oleraceus. An alien in U.S.
The caterpillar looks to be a harvester, Feniseca, sp. tarquinius???
The larva of Sirphids eat aphids, but look like maggots(they are).
As has been said, aphids are interesting. They have one of the most complicated schemes for proliferation of any insect. Seeing one give birth the first time was interesting. Aphids in your garden do suck, tho.😉.
Bill
Dec 9, 2018 19:12:34 #
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