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Gardening Area => Growing questions and answers => Topic started by: gnosis on June 28, 2014, 04:48:10 PM

Title: What is this?
Post by: gnosis on June 28, 2014, 04:48:10 PM

I went out this morning and noticed these little pods hanging on the underside of my Phalaris Big Med.  Are these supposed to be there?
Or are they bugs or something?  Any help would be awesome. :)

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: Seed Collector on June 28, 2014, 05:04:40 PM

That looks awesome, but no, it's not part of big medicine. I strongly suspect those are insect eggs.

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: gnosis on June 28, 2014, 06:03:59 PM

Thanks I just went and sprayed it. :-[

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: onion on June 28, 2014, 08:26:43 PM

Quote from: gnosis on June 28, 2014, 06:03:59 PM

Thanks I just went and sprayed it. :-[

Oh no!  Those are lacewing eggs. They are predators to many pests. I hope the spray didn't kill them. :-\

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: fairdinkumseeds on June 29, 2014, 04:15:37 AM

We have a few predatory bot/marsh/horse flies that look like that too.
Eggs on a string is generally good guys....  :(

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: New Wisdom on June 29, 2014, 04:48:42 AM

Yeah. Lacewings are great to have around the garden.  Don't kill em.

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: SoulGrower on June 30, 2014, 02:51:32 PM

Good to know!  I see these eggs around my garden all the time  :D

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: New Wisdom on June 30, 2014, 07:02:38 PM

I just found one of these on some echinopsis flower buds.  One of my big echinopsis is pushing 5 buds that will probably all open at once. Should be quite the spectacular.