What are these little eaters and how can I get rid of them? The parent bugs are almond shaped and about the size of 8 grains of sand. The babies are the size of about 2 grains of sand. HELP!
2007-07-04 03:26:59 · 5 answers · asked by jenniferaboston 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Sounds like you have aphids. The best you can do is order some ladybugs, or search your local home and garden store for an insecticide. Aphids are a HUGE annoyance, especially on flowering plants.
2007-07-04 03:35:16 · answer #1 · answered by Daria319 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Now you have me scratching my head. Light green and that size immediately calls to mind aphids, but they don't munch, they sip out plant juices from their straw like mouths.
Munchers more often bring to mind a "worm" like insect such as a caterpillar. There are some beetles who munch.......do your unwelcome guests have hard sells?
If your guests are soft, that is without a hard shell, soap and water works well. However petunias are a little tricky to use soap........so just a 1/2 tsp dish soap per gallon of water.
If it's a hard shell insect, then you'll probably have to upgrade to a plant dust....pyrethrum, rotenone, or even Sevin.
2007-07-04 03:41:36 · answer #2 · answered by fluffernut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bugs you have are called greenfly, you can get greenfly killer from most garden centers or i use washing up liquid mixed with water 10% washing up liquid to 90% water. Apply this with a spray gun every couple of days until they dissapear and spray once a week as a detterent, this will not harm any plants. Dale
2007-07-04 03:41:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dale is right. It's greenfly (at least in my case) I think the majority of us can figure out and eliminate the aphid possibility with minimal research so if you're up to this point of searching, it's probably GreenFly. Thanks Dale😊
2015-10-17 04:41:43 · answer #4 · answered by Tonia 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aphids.
2007-07-04 07:03:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋