Comments on: Mating Leaf Footed Bugs http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/02/25/mating-leaf-footed-bugs-3/ Are we experts yet? Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: treelight1 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/02/25/mating-leaf-footed-bugs-3/comment-page-1/#comment-15853 treelight1 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:55:15 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=14723#comment-15853 I have a control for the “leaf-footed bug” we have a small orchid and were plagued with this insecticide resistant insect. We tried seven, malathion, various pepper based safer formulas, nothing worked. We even tried vacuuming them off the Pomegranates, which was very ridiculous indeed. Finally we sewed rectangular bags out of fiberglass screen, about the size of lunch sacs. We covered the young fruit and tied the bags on the stems. Floating the fruit in the center of the stiff screen sac. this effectively stopped them and was an organic solution. It also allowed the pomegranate to ripen well.With out the bacteria injected by this little devils piercing mouth parts. The bags are reusable season after season. If you want to order some from me email. They are quite interesting to look at unless you have loads of them breeding all over your pomegranate harvest! I have a control for the “leaf-footed bug” we have a small orchid and were plagued with this insecticide resistant insect. We tried seven, malathion, various pepper based safer formulas, nothing worked. We even tried vacuuming them off the Pomegranates, which was very ridiculous indeed. Finally we sewed rectangular bags out of fiberglass screen, about the size of lunch sacs. We covered the young fruit and tied the bags on the stems. Floating the fruit in the center of the stiff screen sac. this effectively stopped them and was an organic solution. It also allowed the pomegranate to ripen well.With out the bacteria injected by this little devils piercing mouth parts. The bags are reusable season after season. If you want to order some from me email. They are quite interesting to look at unless you have loads of them breeding all over your pomegranate harvest!

]]> By: n2guns http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/02/25/mating-leaf-footed-bugs-3/comment-page-1/#comment-3375 n2guns Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:05:41 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=14723#comment-3375 I would agree with L. zonatus. These Leaffooted Bugs have the yellow/white spots on the pronotum which are visible in this submitted image. http://bugguide.net/node/view/164495 I would agree with L. zonatus. These Leaffooted Bugs have the yellow/white spots on the pronotum which are visible in this submitted image.

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