Mid Atlantic Bugs The Good The Bad And The Ugly forum: Bugs~The Good the Bad and the Ugly #11 July 2011
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| We came from here http://cubits.org/MidAtlanticMusings/thread/view/59123/ Please join in and tell us about the bugs and insects you have in your area. We love to see photos especially of the "pretty" ones  Great place for IDs too, lots of knowledgeable members here to help out. Monarch Butterfly Courtesy of Luvsgreatdanes/Ronnie  It happens in a flash, but the memory of it last forever. It can not be borrowed or stolen, and it is of no earthly good until it is given away. So if in your hurry you meet someone who is too weary to smile, leave him one of yours, for no one needs a smile quite as much as he who has none to give... |
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| Thanks Ronnie! Sheryl, I put an article on companion plantings on our edibles sticky thread. http://cubits.org/MidAtlanticMusings/thread/view/59366/ |
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| Wonderful Monarch photo Ronnie!!! Stormy no, they didn't say 'why' but they were not talking about companion, they were talking rotation. My speculation was related to your comment that they may attract insects detrimental to tomatoes, so thinking 'rotation' might suggest that they leave eggs behind that would bother tomatoes planted alone the next season. I always companion basil and tomatoes along with peppers and they do beautifully together: in the garden and in the kitchen too! Woman on the eastbound train ...........................................Je Suis Désolé. (also a mule lovin', Charley huggin' girl) |
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| Whoops! Do-si-doed! A new place for such discussion! thanks! Woman on the eastbound train ...........................................Je Suis Désolé. (also a mule lovin', Charley huggin' girl) |
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| No Jae. The eggs that I was referring to are for beneficial wasps that are parasites of the tomato hornworm. |
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| Oh...I wasn't sure what you meant: well, I really don't know WHY that was stated. It surprised me and there was no explanation in the article. Woman on the eastbound train ...........................................Je Suis Désolé. (also a mule lovin', Charley huggin' girl) |
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| Let me see if I can find you a photo of one who has done their work. |
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| OK Here's one still living with the eggs growing through it. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gardengrapevi... Here's one after the eggs have done their job. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.harpercollege... |
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| The links just take me to the google search page and the full addresses don't show up here....I'm stuck, can you get the 'http' (s) w/o the google preface? Woman on the eastbound train ...........................................Je Suis Désolé. (also a mule lovin', Charley huggin' girl) |
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| Does this work jae? http://www.google.com/search?q=tomato hornworm wasp eggs ima... |
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| Yup,it takes me right there. This morning I went to transplant my nasturtium seedlings only to find that some small green caterpillar had eaten every single one!!!!  |
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| OK Here's an article that tells you what herbs to plant to attract the wasps and Basil isn't one of them. http://ezinearticles.com/?Tomato-Growing---How-to-Stop-Tomat... |
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| Yep, works! Totally ugly! Never had had the problem. Nice of you to feed the green caterpillars! Woman on the eastbound train ...........................................Je Suis Désolé. (also a mule lovin', Charley huggin' girl) |
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| I think I figured out why I read that tomatoes and basil were not good plants to rotate in the same location. Digging back in my brain, I think I was reading (to start) about Japanese beetles and it was adjunct in that BOTH attract Japanese beetles as well as other similar pests so rotation would, rather than serve it's purpose, exacerbate the soil and pest condition. Woman on the eastbound train ...........................................Je Suis Désolé. (also a mule lovin', Charley huggin' girl) |
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| Stormy, I wasn't confident in the info in that article so I dug deeper http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/beneficials/ben... Page on braconid wasps which is the correct family name of the one making cocoons on hornworms. http://www.pacifichorticulture.org/garden-allies/69/2/ Go about halfway down to Feeding Adult Wasps "If you bring joy and enthusiasm to everything you do, people will think you're crazy" W. Haelfeli, New Yorker cartoon |
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Thanks, Sally! There are tons of Sweet Alyssum growing here!  I do have several pots of parsley and I have let the curly parsley in the ground here flower.Maybe I'll sprinkle some parsley seeds in the tomato pots now. They seem to germinate almost overnight. |
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Ebony Jewelwing... Instead of running after perfection, why not simply walk in faith? |
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Slaty Skimmer... Instead of running after perfection, why not simply walk in faith? |
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| Those are both very beautiful Karen! |
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Texas spider Texas bees  and Texas Butterflies    (butterflies from Houston Museum of Natural Science's Cookrell BF Center)         Nothing that's been done can ever be changed. |
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