Questions tagged [insects]
Six-legged arthropods
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Insect infestation on my pepper plant, what do I do?
I have spotted that one - and only one - of my peppers plants has a number of small black flies of some type hanging around the soil. And while writing this I've just spotted that one (and only one!) ...
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What are these hard white/brown spots growing on my houseplant?
A little more then an year ago I got six palm trees (two vases). It was the Californian equivalent of an Areca palm (the guy in the nursery suggested this one after I asked for an Areca for its air ...
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Identify this Insect or Fungus. Possible Scale
I do not know the name of the plant and I have battled brown scales on my ficus before at my office. What is attacking this plant? Could it be some type of white scale? It is not mealybugs.
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How do I get rid of white flies on my basil?
I've recently noticed that my basil and other herb plants are infested by tiny white flies. They spread out like snow-flakes when I spray the plants with water, and there are scary looking number of ...
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My indoor plant has an orange mold-like substance growing on it and has tiny white bugs. How can I remove it?
I have my very first plant in my cube and it seems to be doing just fine.
However, there is an orange mold-like substance growing on the top of the soil, and I can see a few tiny white bugs crawling ...
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How effective are row covers in preventing insects?
Has anyone ever used row covers (floating or built on a "structure", such as a PVC cage) to help prevent/discourage insects? How effective are they?
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Are there any bad effects in using nematodes in pest control?
I have a pest situation on my apricot tree caused by the beetle Capnodis tenebrionis (see this question). I am averse to using chemical pesticides, and I read that nematodes can be used to control C. ...
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What is this little insect larvae on my cucumbers?
Need help identifying these little monsters creatures on my cucumber plants. It doesn't look like a beetle but working along side beetles.
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what are effective, non-chemical, ways to control japanese beetles?
I'm beginning to see adult Japanese beetles on my dahlias and other flowers. It doesn't look like a heavy infestation but I am wondering what are some non-chemical control methods. I've read that ...
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What is this yellow and black insect and how to get rid of them?
This insect creates a very small beehive like home in a corner of our pergola. What are they are how can I get rid of them?
I tried spraying Ortho Home Defense insect killer but they came back.
Or ...
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What is this tiny black insect found on my cacti?
I need help identifying an insect, it is very small, not much bigger than the head of a pin, it is black. It kind of resembles a slug because it has the true small antennas.
It was originally on a ...
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What plants will keep ladybugs happy?
What plants/grasses can I plant to entice the ladybugs in my garden to stay? They are great for controlling aphids, but seem to move on pretty quickly.
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How to get rid of insects on basil while leaving the leaves safe to eat?
With reference to this question: Insect infestation on my pepper plant, what do I do?
I have these insects in my indoor "kitchen window sill" basil and they do seem to be chewing it fast enough to ...
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Is this beetle on my apricot tree a pest?
My apricot tree is infested with black and white beetles on the branches. They are 2-3 cm / 1 inch long. I can't find an identification on the web. There is no visible damage to the tree. Is this ...
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Ants on trees - ok or bad?
I have two trees that experience significant traffic of ants up and down?
Crataegus 'Pauls's Scarlet' - An established mid-age tree. Ants go up to the top of the tree, can't see what they are looking ...
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Is it too late for row cover to help with insects?
Last year I used row covers on PVC frames to effectively keep cabbage worms off my broccoli and cabbage. I put the covers on in spring as soon as I put the seedlings in the ground, and then took them ...
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Killing fruit flies without pesticides?
We currently have bowls of apple-cider vinegar set out, and the flies are definitely attracted to them but very few are actually ending up IN the vinegar. Mostly they are just sitting on the bowl.
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What to do about grubs in vegetable garden and potted tree?
This Spring there seem to be grubs all over my garden, in just about any handful of dirt you flip over. There are lots of articles about how to handle grubs in your lawn, but I don't have a lawn, just ...
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Why is my Swiss chard suddenly wilting?
I live in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. This Swiss Chard has been doing well so far this season, and all the largest leaves you see here were green and strong as recently as a few days ago.
We had the ...
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Identify striped bug on plants: safe or suspect?
New to gardening, many species are unknown to me. This one (and many of its friends) with nice metallic colored stripes just apppear on my lavender, rosemary and slightly less on honeysuckle.
What is ...
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What is this pest I found on my chilli pepper?
Last year, I found some brown spots on some of my pepper plants. I couldn't see any insects so I trimmed the affected parts quite aggressively. The plant survived the operation quite well and ...
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Tomato plant after neem oil application
My tomato plants stems had mealy bugs and with in an hour of my notice I started to spray neem oil liquid soap water and the plants now looks very bad and the leaves looks very dull. Will the leaves ...
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What are these white bugs on my tomatoes?
I noticed these things on my tomato plants. What are they and how can I safely get rid of them?
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Beetles on my fruit trees
I have some plum and peach trees and have noticed several of these beetles on each one. There are also a lot of holes in the leaves which I assume are the beetles eating them. Now if that’s just ...
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Can you identify this grub?
Past couple of years I've been getting skunks digging in the yard. Not a lot but I've had to deal with sprayed pets which is no fun.
I applied Milky Spore past 2 falls but I was doing a little ...
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Cherry disease identification
Cherry Tree is Sick 😞
I have a cherry tree that was planted 3 years ago.
It is a hybrid of three different species (one branch is native, the two other are not).
The tree looked healthy and did grow ...
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Identify this bug
Recently I noticed there are lots of these bugs in my garden, sometimes these bugs have white cotton like tail grown.
Anyone knows the name of these ugly suckers?
Thanks!
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What is this bug skeletonizing some of my tomato leaves?
This insect is causing minor damage to tomato leaves in my garden.
Critter is mostly black with tan wing suit around the periphery. The wing suit is not between the legs which it extends as required ...
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