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pests Aphid?
- Thread starter georgej
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looks sortah like one
I've never seen an aphid with wings and long legs - neither in person nor in doing research. Here's a link to a site with an image of aphids on it: http://www.buglogical.com/aphids/
Doesn't mean there isn't a different kind of aphid from what I've seen, but I could be surprised....
Doesn't mean there isn't a different kind of aphid from what I've seen, but I could be surprised....
from:http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/hemipt/OleanderAphid.htm
or...
from:http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/misc/wingaph.html
Most aphids will produce some with wings...it's how they spread their population.
but see how their wings are vertical and not flat...yours is not an aphid, but I would still kill it!
i'm hoping it's just atama mushi (midges) that are out in their millions right now.
I'll drop by the home centre tomorrow and pick up some insecticide just in case they start nibbling.
They only appeared after watering all the pots so they may be more interested in the water.
I have some mugwort tea that my mother in law gave me to repel bugs, i'll give that a go once the sun is down
i need to get a net and bug box (bug catching is real popular here) and go get me some..
(i took that pic myself when i was cutting the grass first summer i was in Japan. that red thing it's on is the back of my gloved hand.)
My favourite animal ever
I'll drop by the home centre tomorrow and pick up some insecticide just in case they start nibbling.
They only appeared after watering all the pots so they may be more interested in the water.
I have some mugwort tea that my mother in law gave me to repel bugs, i'll give that a go once the sun is down
thanks alot!stc3248 said:
from:http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/hemipt/OleanderAphid.htm
or...
from:http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/misc/wingaph.html
Most aphids will produce some with wings...it's how they spread their population.
but see how their wings are vertical and not flat...yours is not an aphid, but I would still kill it!
i need to get a net and bug box (bug catching is real popular here) and go get me some..
(i took that pic myself when i was cutting the grass first summer i was in Japan. that red thing it's on is the back of my gloved hand.)
My favourite animal ever
Interested to see what this is. Being in Japan,I'm sure you have pests that we don't get here in the U.S. and vice versa.
It definitely is not an aphid,whitefly,or lacewing(different veins on the wings).
Aphids travel on the wind, so they do have wings. There are so many types of them it is ridiculous. My issues are with black winged aphids,they get into young buds,and tight spaces in the new growth,makes it a pain to squish them. The green and red aphids I have had stayed mostly under the leaves or a random flower,much easier to squish.
Nice shot of the mantis...my only issue with them is,they don't discriminate. They kill more good bugs than bad.
It definitely is not an aphid,whitefly,or lacewing(different veins on the wings).
Aphids travel on the wind, so they do have wings. There are so many types of them it is ridiculous. My issues are with black winged aphids,they get into young buds,and tight spaces in the new growth,makes it a pain to squish them. The green and red aphids I have had stayed mostly under the leaves or a random flower,much easier to squish.
Nice shot of the mantis...my only issue with them is,they don't discriminate. They kill more good bugs than bad.
Young lacewing, definitely don't kill it.
they've long been my favourite creatures, it was only once i moved to Japan that i actually saw a wild one.
Hey George, I've just found several bugs/eggs on the underside of my plants as well. Saw what I thought might be an aphid and a cluster of eggs (scratched them off because I panicked) and also several 'white' eggs and what looked like a longer bug with wings that I've seen elsewhere on this forum. What would you recommend viz. Japanese pest spray?
hopefully it wasnt a lacewing or its eggs that you squished. they are the good guys.
Theres alot of lacewings around at the moment.
i dont thin that the buy in my first post has been of any danger. havent noticed them feeding on my peppers at all. if anything they have just used the big broad leafs as shelter from the sun.
Theres alot of lacewings around at the moment.
i dont thin that the buy in my first post has been of any danger. havent noticed them feeding on my peppers at all. if anything they have just used the big broad leafs as shelter from the sun.
I posted pics to this thread, yoru thoughts? They did look pretty aphid-like.