Hookahhead
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This mean looking dude stopped by today.
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Bugs on buds
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FERAL BARRY
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Aaarrrggg !!
Grasshoppers and CANNApillers look fro BTK aka bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki
Vesnican
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This Is great finding Rico. I have noticed darker color of pistils and was aware of starting budrot. There was none and later on a budworm was there. Few seasons ago when I was facing their raid, I have noticed that after sunset many of them crawled out of the inner bud space and were easy to spot on the buds.
Man, I really love nature and hate to harm anything, but that was real pleasure to cut those bastards in to 2 pieces with my scissors
AgentPothead
Just this guy, ya know?
This is actually on a tree next to my grow, but I thought it was really pretty.
PDX Dopesmoker
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I don't know what kind of bug this is, but I hope its a nice kind.
Hookahhead
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Hard to tell in the photo, but it looks like a shield beetle, aka stink bug. They potentially feed on plants with piercing mouth parts and utilize a chemical defense. A few are predators of other insects.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatomoidea
Little friend
Vesnican
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Is that bug predator or not? I do have those too, but no clue if they are good or bad..
Hookahhead
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It’s a stink bug, aka shield beetle. As far as I know most of them are sap suckers, but according to the internet some can be predatory. Squash bugs are shield beetles and considered a huge pest.
https://gardensafari.net/english/shieldbugs.htm
Predatory stink bugs:
https://extension.umd.edu/hgic/topics/predatory-stink-bugs
Grnhlthnhapyns
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Favourite Bug and(one of my) favorite flower!
Favourite Bug and(one of my) favorite flower!
Romulan. Put out mid June at just under a foot tall (from seed started in Feb/March). Showed faint signs of powdery mildew (less then 5 leaves got slightly dusty this season. Nonetheless, Tough resilient vigerous.
I defoliated one fan leaf(mistake) next time I'll trim away the bottom sucker branches(they still look decent weight wise. Onset of flower slow but this past week (week 7ish) exponential changes over night for past few days..
Favourite Bug and(one of my) favorite flower!
Romulan. Put out mid June at just under a foot tall (from seed started in Feb/March). Showed faint signs of powdery mildew (less then 5 leaves got slightly dusty this season. Nonetheless, Tough resilient vigerous.
I defoliated one fan leaf(mistake) next time I'll trim away the bottom sucker branches(they still look decent weight wise. Onset of flower slow but this past week (week 7ish) exponential changes over night for past few days..
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Rico Swazi
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the other bugs said katydid it
PDX Dopesmoker
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I guess this is some kinda bee
No guessing needed. Congratulations, it's a honey bee.
Hookahhead
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Nice shot of the honey bee with full pollen baskets PDX! I frequently see bee’s around males, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one visit a female. Maybe tag that bud and see if it ends up seeded? Thanks for sharing.
I had a interesting year outside, Found lots of spiders. White spiders, I didn't bother killing them or moving them off plants.. And lots of flies, i think just normal house flies?
Also quite a bit of yellow jackets once buds started stacking, And always had the honeybees around...
Found one praying mantis creeping around on the ground, that was after chopping most the plants down
Also quite a bit of yellow jackets once buds started stacking, And always had the honeybees around...
Found one praying mantis creeping around on the ground, that was after chopping most the plants down
Hookahhead
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I’ve been seeing a lot of these guys lately. I spotted 4 of them in under 15 minutes of garden time today.
