Pests and bene images in my S. Fl garden two

mikej · September 11, 2013

Here is the start of my second thread on this subject. I am sure there will be many more pics to come. This time of year in the Everglades are plenty of bugs and critters.

The link below is last years thread with images and comments. Thanks for all the input you guys provided to the last one.

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=25250

Here is a good guy. I have already posted this pic in another thread, but wanted it here also. Remember red touching yellow kill a fellow. Red touching black a friend of Jack.

I have seen quite a few of these. UH OH!

An herbivorous insect, the coreopsis leaf beetle is anything but friendly. As an agricultural pest, this insect causes of millions of dollars in crop damages each year when its larvae feed on plant leaves. Constant breeding leads to large beetle populations, resulting in the damage of more crops and garden plants. The official state wildflower of Florida, the orange blossom, is one of the host plants for the coreopsis leaf beetle, and has been decreasing in numbers over the past few years, causing much concern in the state’s community.

meadowyck · September 13, 2013

sorry but I'm one gardener who can't stand snakes of any kind. I don't like them and never will be able to see the benefits that folks say they are.

My goodness that beetle is HUGE.....

mikej · September 14, 2013

Hello Jan, The only snakes that bother me are the poisonous ones. Now my wife is a different story. She wants me to kill every snake, lizard, and frog that I see. She says it don't matter that they wont hurt her. It is just that they make her hurt herself.

The beetle is about 3/4" of an inch long. I took the pic with my Motorola Razr cell phone.

I like Brooksville. Every time I go visit my son in Ocala we go riding on the motorcycles and one of our routes in through Brooksville.

Mike

mikej · September 18, 2013

Eastern Lubber grasshopper in the adult stage. Can be very destructive to foliage in large numbers.

These are nymphs of the leaf footed bugs. Thanks to FaithHopeLove for the correct identification.

FaithHopeLove · September 19, 2013

The bottom picture look like leaf footed nymphs to me but I could be wrong too.

mikej · September 19, 2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by FaithHopeLove

The bottom picture look like leaf footed nymphs to me but I could be wrong too.

I think you are correct. I saw a couple of leaf footed bugs in the near vicinity of these. They were on my outside stainless sink. I tried to get a pic of the adults, but they would fly before I could get the pics.

Thank you very much. I will correct the description in the above pic.

FaithHopeLove · September 20, 2013

No, problem Mike

Kill them suckers before they start breeding! They were destroying my peppers here.

kurt · September 20, 2013

"Eastern Lubber grasshopper in the adult stage. Can be very destructive to foliage in large numbers." They make great fish lures/bait.When they are numerous at times and we are going for Snook/Snappers around Everglades City backwaters as soon as the Ghoppers hit the water and go into thier frenzy the fish nail them.

mikej · September 20, 2013

Hey Kurt, I will keep that in mind. My son fishes at the Spillway where the Caloosahatchee meets Lake Okeechobee and sometimes the snook fishing is great there. Hard to catch a legal one though. They are usually too big. I will find out when he is going again and see if I can trap him a few instead of smashing them.

mikej · October 20, 2013

Aphids on my peas.

Scoliid wasp. I read that these prey on grubs and beetles.

I just thought I would throw the next pics in.

My Brandywine Sudduth 36 days after transplant.

mikej · October 25, 2013

Bean weevils love legumes. I found this one on one of my Brandywine tomato plants which is about 15 ft from my cowpeas.

meadowyck · October 27, 2013

You do have your share of the bugs don't ya...LOL

After moving up here got a few maters started and they were going wonderful, only to within a few days stop dead in their tracks due to white flies. I've been treating and treating but there hasn't been much new growth with the plants, why I keep after them I have no idea.... I just want a few homegrown maters, gosh is that really so much to ask for here in FL.

I really don't get why I can't get one stinking tomato to grow for me, just one tomato Lord, that's all....LOL

Great pictures, thanks for sharing them.

September 11, 2013	#1
mikej Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lake Okeechobee, Florida (zone 10-b) Posts: 161	Pests and bene images in my S. Fl garden two Here is the start of my second thread on this subject. I am sure there will be many more pics to come. This time of year in the Everglades are plenty of bugs and critters. The link below is last years thread with images and comments. Thanks for all the input you guys provided to the last one. http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=25250 Here is a good guy. I have already posted this pic in another thread, but wanted it here also. Remember red touching yellow kill a fellow. Red touching black a friend of Jack. I have seen quite a few of these. UH OH! An herbivorous insect, the coreopsis leaf beetle is anything but friendly. As an agricultural pest, this insect causes of millions of dollars in crop damages each year when its larvae feed on plant leaves. Constant breeding leads to large beetle populations, resulting in the damage of more crops and garden plants. The official state wildflower of Florida, the orange blossom, is one of the host plants for the coreopsis leaf beetle, and has been decreasing in numbers over the past few years, causing much concern in the state’s community. __________________ Life is very short and there is no time for fussing and fighting my friends. The Beatles

September 13, 2013	#2
meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	sorry but I'm one gardener who can't stand snakes of any kind. I don't like them and never will be able to see the benefits that folks say they are. My goodness that beetle is HUGE..... __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt

September 14, 2013	#3
mikej Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lake Okeechobee, Florida (zone 10-b) Posts: 161	Hello Jan, The only snakes that bother me are the poisonous ones. Now my wife is a different story. She wants me to kill every snake, lizard, and frog that I see. She says it don't matter that they wont hurt her. It is just that they make her hurt herself. The beetle is about 3/4" of an inch long. I took the pic with my Motorola Razr cell phone. I like Brooksville. Every time I go visit my son in Ocala we go riding on the motorcycles and one of our routes in through Brooksville. Mike __________________ Life is very short and there is no time for fussing and fighting my friends. The Beatles

September 18, 2013	#4
mikej Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lake Okeechobee, Florida (zone 10-b) Posts: 161	Eastern Lubber grasshopper in the adult stage. Can be very destructive to foliage in large numbers. These are nymphs of the leaf footed bugs. Thanks to FaithHopeLove for the correct identification. __________________ Life is very short and there is no time for fussing and fighting my friends. The Beatles Last edited by mikej; September 19, 2013 at 02:25 PM.

September 20, 2013	#8
kurt Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Homestead,Everglades City Fl. Posts: 2,500	"Eastern Lubber grasshopper in the adult stage. Can be very destructive to foliage in large numbers." They make great fish lures/bait.When they are numerous at times and we are going for Snook/Snappers around Everglades City backwaters as soon as the Ghoppers hit the water and go into thier frenzy the fish nail them. __________________ KURT

September 19, 2013	#5
FaithHopeLove Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Summerfield, FL Posts: 197	The bottom picture look like leaf footed nymphs to me but I could be wrong too.

September 20, 2013	#7
FaithHopeLove Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Summerfield, FL Posts: 197	No, problem Mike Kill them suckers before they start breeding! They were destroying my peppers here.

October 20, 2013	#10
mikej Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lake Okeechobee, Florida (zone 10-b) Posts: 161	Aphids on my peas. Scoliid wasp. I read that these prey on grubs and beetles. I just thought I would throw the next pics in. My Brandywine Sudduth 36 days after transplant. __________________ Life is very short and there is no time for fussing and fighting my friends. The Beatles

October 25, 2013	#11
mikej Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lake Okeechobee, Florida (zone 10-b) Posts: 161	Bean weevils love legumes. I found this one on one of my Brandywine tomato plants which is about 15 ft from my cowpeas. __________________ Life is very short and there is no time for fussing and fighting my friends. The Beatles

October 27, 2013	#12
meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	You do have your share of the bugs don't ya...LOL After moving up here got a few maters started and they were going wonderful, only to within a few days stop dead in their tracks due to white flies. I've been treating and treating but there hasn't been much new growth with the plants, why I keep after them I have no idea.... I just want a few homegrown maters, gosh is that really so much to ask for here in FL. I really don't get why I can't get one stinking tomato to grow for me, just one tomato Lord, that's all....LOL Great pictures, thanks for sharing them. __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt