Gardening

deucemagnet

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9. Update #2

Thu Jun 20, 2013, 05:00 PM

Jun 2013

/u/Shigofumi of the reddit gardening forum confirmed the beetle as Chilocorus kuwanae, but identified the eggs as those of Leptoglossus phyllopus, the Florida leaf-footed bug, which is a garden pest and all-around bastard. He suggested that I burn the eggs and check my pesticide labels to see if I can counter them.

I'm glad I got pictures of these eggs now. If you see any of these on your plants, scrape them off and burn them!

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I need help identifying a garden pest. (pictures) [View all] deucemagnet Jun 2013 OP

No idea. NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #1

Could it be this? maddezmom Jun 2013 #2

Thank you for the impressive Google-fu! deucemagnet Jun 2013 #6

Don't kill it; this is a "good" insect. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2013 #3

Thanks! I just came to pretty much the same conclusion, deucemagnet Jun 2013 #4

The beetle looks to be a Harlequin Ladybird intaglio Jun 2013 #5

Yeah, everybody seems to agree that it's some kind of ladybug, deucemagnet Jun 2013 #7

Update on the egg situation. deucemagnet Jun 2013 #8

How cool! Curmudgeoness Jun 2013 #10

Science! Kolesar Jun 2013 #14

Update #2 deucemagnet Jun 2013 #9

i was looking at images of the eggs of various ladybugs, The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2013 #11

Yeah, I'm going to have to be vigilant about those leaf-footed bugs. deucemagnet Jun 2013 #12

I saw some ladybugs on my Honeycrisp apple tree this morning. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2013 #13