Tiny Insects on Daylilies
Tiny insects are showing up on my plants — especially the potted daylilies that have been placed on the porch. Continue reading
How to Spot and Eliminate Plant-Eating Insects
Category Archives: Insects
Red Spotted Weevil on Sunflowers
Damaged Sunflower, May 2014
When I found holes in the stem and about a food missing at the top of this sunflower (pictured above), I didn’t expect to find a tiny weevil responsible for the damage!
Red Spotted Weevil on Sunflower, May 2014
Weevils cause plant damage by using mouth parts and drilling holes in the plant, then feeding on the plant sap. These weevils have “snout” (see picture above) structures similar to the boll weevil—a major economic pest on cotton.
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Passion Vine Flower Damage
Passion Vine Flower
We have been inundated with rain (no complaints here!) over the last three weeks — we received close to 6 inches of rain at our house. The temperatures have been cooler (relatively speaking), mid to upper 90’s for highs and low 70’s for lows—Spring-like for Texas. With rain and cooler temperatures, the insects appear.
Insect damage to plants can be as devastating as poor environments and microbes. Continue reading
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