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« on: July 25, 2012, 08:06:57 PM » |
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Here's a new one. They like buds and sometimes make them fall off. Have been found underneath the leaves as well. Don't seem to do a ton of damage other then the random bud drop. (unfortunately on my seedlings that I am waiting for...) They kinda stink like a stink bug when you touch them. And they are sorta pretty... What are they and how do I get rid of them.
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Charlie
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« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2012, 05:56:59 AM » |
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I think Doll may be right, although the Japanese Beetle is a pest more common in the northeast than the southwest and I've never seen one. If there aren't many you can collect them by hand but if the problem is big enough you can spray them and/or treat with Bayer products containing imidacloprid or use Safari. I found another page with more details about controlling them from Ohio State University: http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2001.htmlCharlie |
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« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2012, 11:10:01 AM » |
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Yes Deb! Thats them. I have a bunch. We have Japanese Beetles also so I know those very well... they eat through my buds leaving them ragged! But they are the stinkbugs. I have a bunch of them. I need to figure out how to kill them... now that I know what they are. Thanks!!!
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« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2012, 11:19:01 AM » |
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I just ordered a 15amp Black & Decker Dustbuster, soon to be a "Beetle Buster"... Yes, it's all out war  My garden is the only green & thriving place in our complex (they don't water & rain is scarce)... So where do you think all of the bugs go to chow down? Deb |
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« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2012, 11:20:45 AM » |
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Check out what I just read... in the entire list of things that may not kill theses bugs, because they are really hardy, this is at the end of the paragraph. I think I will try it.
"Nicotine will also kill stink bugs when sprayed on them. To make your own spray crush up about 10 cigarettes in a half gallon of water and let it sit over night. Strain the solution through some cheesecloth saving the liquid and adding a teaspoon of dish soap to it. This can be sprayed on plants and it will kill stink bugs quickly, just be sure to thoroughly wash any edibles you get it on and to not get it on yourself. Insecticidal soaps will also work on stink bugs but be careful if you try to use regular liquid soaps. Some dish washing or hand soaps can be too strong and can burn plants."
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« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2012, 11:21:27 AM » |
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I hear ya sister!
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« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2012, 11:22:16 AM » |
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They say the best way, other then killing them with nicotine is to fill a cup with soapy water and knock them into it individually.
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« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2012, 11:27:57 AM » |
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The nicotine solution is interesting... Although I'd buy loose tobacco (ciggies are $7.00 a pack these days)  I also read about the "knock them into a cup of soap water" solution... Might work on stink bugs, but problem with Japanese beetles it that they can fly. I've been popping a plastic bag over a bloom they're on, knocking them into it, and zipping 'em up. There are sooo many now, though! |
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« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2012, 10:10:35 AM » |
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JB are awful!!! And they come from grubs in your lawn! So chances are your lawn is gonna die because of the stupid things! I went through each and every plant today. Left no leaf unturned and knocked them into a warm soapy cup. Kills them instantly! Easy too. Not as many as I had originally thought!
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« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2012, 10:20:32 PM » |
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Kristen,
Hope you get rid of your bugs but don't send them down this way.
Patrick & Donna
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« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2012, 11:02:59 AM » |
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I've grown up with Japanese Beetles here in So Cal and they are a real pain with my fruit trees. They are all over my figs and grapes. They are so big that they are really clumsy and slow so I - don't get grossed out actually grab them off the fruit and throw them on the ground where they are stunned a few a few seconds. Long enough to squash them. I even bat them out of mid air with a broom or something sometimes too. Kind a like backyard baseball for gardeners.
I do see their grub cases on the ground so that is when I know they are hatched. I'm not sure what eats them at night but I do see scattered remnants of them so I'm thinking the possum maybe?
Either way they suck.
Farmer D
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« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2012, 11:25:31 AM » |
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I was out inspecting storm damage this morning, and managed to catch both an adult stinkbug and a Japanese beetle in the act (RIP). Darren - I didn't know JBs were a problem in SoCal... Thought they were just a Northeast US problem, so my sympathies to you. Mine seen to prefer white/light blooms and foliage of any kind, but my roses are being the hardest hit. Oh, and I don't think twice about dispatching them the same way you do (grab/shake/squish). Deb |
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farmer d
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« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2012, 11:43:12 AM » |
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Deb my main strategy is decoys. The JBs here seem to prefer fruit over my blooms. Then to make it even better I have a smaller green fig tree that the fruits aren't anything to die over and they seem to love it so if I can't kill them all which is impossible at least they're eating stuff I can live without for the most part.
Maybe you could get a few decoy dwarf somethings and see if that will take the pressure off. Also I've learned thru the years the hotter and drier the weather gets the worse the JBs are in eating and multiplying. Kind of like spider mites I suppose...
JBs - public enemy #1 for me along with Bermuda grass
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