jimmytownbound
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Anyone know what these are? They are mainly in my cover crop but fly all over when I water.
Bug identification help
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terpedup83
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fungus gnat i think
DancesWithWeeds
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I can't blow it up big enough to tell ror sure, but it looks like it has the general shape of a leafhopper. It that's what it is I get some yellow stick traps out.
Hippiechik
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Leafhopper. They can transmit all kinds of diseases. I would use yellow sticky traps, though I suppose you could spray your cover crop with a pyrethrum based insecticide to knock them down.
Insects with piercing mouthparts are generally harder to kill with stomach poisons than insects with chewing mouthparts, because they feed by punching a hole in the plant and sucking up the sap. They usually need a contact poison like pyrethrum. Do not use insecticide on flowering plants, and be sure to rinse them off thoroughly once the pests are gone.
Insects with piercing mouthparts are generally harder to kill with stomach poisons than insects with chewing mouthparts, because they feed by punching a hole in the plant and sucking up the sap. They usually need a contact poison like pyrethrum. Do not use insecticide on flowering plants, and be sure to rinse them off thoroughly once the pests are gone.
big bud man 413
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fungus cunts.
DancesWithWeeds
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For sure. I woldn't mess with any kind of insectiside. By the time it kills the bugs the plants are already danaged. Use YELLOW sticky traps to keep them off and then dust the plants with DE. Leafhoppers don't like DE because it cuts their little suckers.