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Mar 18, 2012 02:53:10 #
Namwife wrote:
This is a shield bug.Can someone tell me what this is? I shot it today in the woods.... Sorry I know it is blurred...
Mar 18, 2012 03:21:05 #
AK Dreamer wrote:
The Ladybird beetle is one of the few insects where the larvae eat the same food source (aphids) as the adult.Yes they do eat aphids. You can buy a container with about 2000 lady bugs in it for about $10. We did it and within a few days the aphids were gone and then the lady bugs flew off to find more. Good photos by the way!
This ladybug nymph is only 3-mm body length. This image is about 36:1 or 36x life-size.
Mar 18, 2012 04:59:08 #
Namwife wrote:
Can someone tell me what this is? I shot it today in the woods.... Sorry I know it is blured...
They called them katydids where I grew up.
Mar 18, 2012 06:05:12 #
Mar 18, 2012 07:22:00 #
dirtpusher wrote:
i hear yuh if it moves shoot it if it dont shoot it anyway lol
Anyone remember that military jingle,
"If it moves, shoot it.
If itdon't move, paint it.
If it . . . ."?
Mar 18, 2012 07:25:41 #
Namwife wrote:
Can someone tell me what this is? I shot it today in the woods.... Sorry I know it is blured...
Air-to-ground missile?
Did you mean, " . .. What it was"?
Mar 18, 2012 07:35:54 #
Georgiann wrote:
omg that's creepy, but now I can't wait to get some aphids this summer so I can photograph them. Great photo!
Funny. But I agree. Even pests are more interesting when you have a camera.
Mar 18, 2012 07:37:48 #
Mar 18, 2012 07:39:17 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
Here is how I control aphids.
Good shot. I have never actually seen a ladybug eat an aphid, even though I know they do.
Mar 18, 2012 09:14:14 #
Country's Mama wrote:
I will have to go looking for aphids now. Do those awful orange ladybugs eat aphids? It would give me a reason to like them better.
Nikonian72 wrote:
Here is how I control aphids.
I will have to go looking for aphids now. Do those awful orange ladybugs eat aphids? It would give me a reason to like them better.
The awful orange ladybugs are actually Multi-colored Asian Lady beetles (and they bite). Native Ladybugs are red and do not bite humans.
Mar 18, 2012 10:13:56 #
Jimtebo
Loc: Alhambra, IL
Those awful orange lady bugs can be your best friend when you have aphids.
Mar 18, 2012 10:20:33 #
Jimtebo wrote:
Those awful orange lady bugs can be your best friend when you have aphids.
That's why it kills me to spray my roses.
Really good pictures of all the bugs.
Mar 18, 2012 10:46:42 #
Mar 18, 2012 11:08:28 #
vislp
Loc: Level Pebble
Namwife wrote:
Can someone tell me what this is? I shot it today in the woods.... Sorry I know it is blured...
Definitely what we call a "stink bug". I'm not sure what the technical name is. Someone posted shield bug. That may be what it's actually called. When I was growing up though they were stink bugs.
Mar 18, 2012 11:12:32 #
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