Comments on: Please Help Me Identify This Bug

By: Barbee'

Barbee' — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:53:26 +0000

Kelly, sorry I don’t know anything about that bug except that I have seen them in my place here in Lexington, KY. If I find out, I will come back and comment again.

While I’m here, I do enjoy your posts about critters so much. I always wanted to do the moveable chicken thing but never lived where I could. I enjoy reading about yours and all your adventures.

I used to subscribe to Organic Gardening Magazine (saved years and years of them) and I read about growing worms beneath the rabbit coop, about chickens, and all sorts of wonderful ideas.

Since I can’t do those things, I will content myself with reading about your “fun”!

If you still have that photo of the bug you might be able to send it to the bug man and he might identify it for you.
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/beetles.html

By: Kris Bordessa

Kris Bordessa — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:01:04 +0000

Hard to tell, but it looks like scales. Compare these to your guys:

http://manatee.ifas.ufl.edu/MasterGardeners/MGarticles/JMbugsareback.htm
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/O&T/shrubs/note13/note13.html

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:46:25 +0000

Kelly, could the little cottony fluff be mealybugs? Check out this site:
http://www.naturescontrol.com/mealybug.html

Your bugs could be “mealybug destroyers” if only they were darker…

By: marcyincny

marcyincny — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:44:42 +0000

They look like what I call wooly aphids but their color is different from the variety I see around here. I’ve never been concerned about the ones that show up in the garden because the veggies aren’t their real targets. Maybe at least that will help you narrow down the search.

By: debra

debra — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:24:26 +0000

You could cut of the stem with the bug on it and take it to the OSU Extension Service for ID. I couldn’t find it in my stuff, although I found lits of interesting bugs.