#plant bugs

[balkanradfem]

I'm having a nightmarish time with my pepper plant. It's not the plant, she's great, I love her so much, it's the... the bugs.

I've had a pepper plant sprout on my balcony, in a pot, accidentally, she volunteered to grow. Cheered up by this, I decided to see if I can keep the baby plant alive during the winter, by placing her inside, so she could be my first pepper plant in the spring, and make peppers early, which would be absolutely wonderful.

So, by the time it was frosting outside, she was trying to flower, and I brought her inside; I created a little shelf in the kitchen, just by the windows, where she'd be getting plenty of light, and would be the first thing I look at when I enter the kitchen. This worked beautifully, she would cheer me up every time I entered the kitchen, green and big and beautiful.

However, only 2 days in, I realized her leaves are getting little holes in it, and by more observation, I noticed she had an infestation of plant lice. The bugs would have likely died outside in the frost, but since I brought them in, they were prospering. Annoyed, I brought the plant with me to the shower, and hosed down all of those bugs with water, so they would fall into the bath and I could get rid of them.

The plant was a little stressed out from it, but free from bugs. 3 days later, new bugs! I hosed them down again, stressing the plant out, but I think the plant realized that hosing down would not damage her, and she recovered more quickly this time. 2 days later, new bugs.

So now I'm like, okay, what remedies do we know for plant lice? I sprayed the entire plant with soapy water, which I remember was supposed to like, make bugs unable to hold onto the plant or something. No effect. Then I made a nettle infusion, remembering nettle could be poisonous to them, but the bugs did not care whatsoever.

Then, I accidentally saw in a gardening video, the way another gardener was over-wintering the pepper; they clipped all of her leaves, and only the stem was preserved! The thought of doing that to my plant was painful, even if it would get rid of the bugs, as they would have nothing to eat. I tried spraying more, didn't help, so eventually I caved, took some scissors, and cut off all of the big leaves. I left a few tiny ones, that would be too small for bugs to eat, and I wanted the plant to have at least some greenery on her, so it wouldn't be too sad.

The plant got VERY stressed from this, I could tell she wasn't happy. But she was also determined, and started growing those new leaves super quickly, I could observe by the day how much bigger they got. I also monitored them for bugs, and as there was nothing for the first 3 days, I thought we were done. A week in. New bugs.

Now why am I so upset about these bugs if they're only messing with my pepper which doesn't really need the leaves? Well, that is because very soon, after the winter solstice, which is now a week away, I will be planting new seedlings for the next spring. First about 10, then 20 and 30 and then over 60 little plants will be on that same shelf. And the bugs absolutely will attack them all. I could lose my entire garden if I don't get this under control.

I need to either resolve the bug infestation (and I don't wanna cut off these last few leaves! The plant really wants to keep them!) or put my pepper plant somewhere else, isolated and in darkness, which would make us both very sad. So, anyone ever got rid of some plant lice successfully? I've never had them inside before, and I've already exhausted all my ideas.

#gardening problems #pepper plant #plant lice #black plant bugs #plant bugs #pests #plant pests

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: AUGUST 27TH, 2023 | Image IDs: Two photos of a beige, brown, and green mirid plant bug on a dark green and white jagged plant leaf /End IDs.]

#miridae #plant bug #plant bugs #hemiptera #true bugs #true bug #insects #insect #bug #bugs #bugblr #entomology #invertebrates #inverts #photos #photo #Wasp House Sights

[rattyexplores]

Monaloniini Bugs

Unidentified, tribe Monaloniini

19/03/23

#Monaloniini #Miridae #Plant Bugs #Heteroptera #True Bugs #Hemiptera #Unidentified #invertblr #invertebrates #Arthropods #Arthropoda #entomology #bugs #bugblr #bugs tw #insecta #insectblr #insects tw

[talkingtomyhouseplants]

My Hoya's annoying family members are visiting... Mealybugs!

Always practice observation. Check your plant's leaves and stem. Mealybugs love sneaking in your Hoya's. The sooner you find them, the faster and easier it will be to kill them & stop the reproduction cycle.

#plant pest #plant bugs #plant bug #bugs #mealybugs #plantcare #plant care 101 #plant tips #growing plants #crazy plant people #plant people #plant community #plant gang #indoor jungle #cute plants #indoor plants #talking to my plants #potted plants #amo las plantas #house plants #houseplants #house jungle #houseplants club #houseplant care #houseplant #indoor growing #indoor garden #plant foliage #foliage plants #beauty

[headspace-hotel]

I...tried to make a meme and got carried away and made A Thing that is like partially unfinished because i spent like 3 hours on it and then got tired.

I think this is mostly scientifically accurate but truth be told, there seems to be relatively little research on succession in regards to lawns specifically (as opposed to like, pastures). I am not exaggerating how bad they are for biodiversity though—recent research has referred to them as "ecological deserts."

Feel free to repost, no need for credit

#random #ecology #shitpost #sorta #gardening #plants #lawn alternatives #anti lawn #pro biodiversity #biodiversity win #bugs tw #ticks

[lionfloss]

Lymantriine Moths by itchydogimages

#Lymantriine #moth #moths #bugs #insects #wings #white #green #plants #nature #photography #wildlife #flora #fauna

[heartnosekid]

machaon caterpillar (old world swallowtail) | malbafont_macrophotography on ig

#stim #caterpillars #bugs #insects #sfw #green #orange #black #yellow #plants #nature #animals #old world swallowtail #papilio machaon #ishy gifs #postish

[ichimakesart]

There is something peculiar in this bouquet in my Study.

#ichi makes art #art #digital art #illustration #fantasy art #digital illustration #drawings #animated gifs #2d gifs #2d animation #flowers #plants #bouquet #butterfly #bugs #nature #ambient

[zegalba]

Eliot Porter: Luna Moth (1958)

#Eliot Porter #Luna Moth #moth #bugs #nature #plants #green #photography #1958

[dimetrodone]

Wasn’t expecting Hans Christian Andersen to have written a story about how wonderful aphids are

#hans christian andersen #This guy seems very fond of plants and bugs and birds with how much they come up

[sauce-central]

luke_penry.exr on TikTok

Credit if used!

#mushrooms #fungi #animation #3d animation #nature #stims #stim #sauce-central #stimboard #stimblr #stimmy #stim gif #plants #cw bug

[rebeccathenaturalist]

Okay, so this is really cool! You have this phenomenon where some plants grow edible appendages to their seeds to entice ants to carry them underground where they can safely sprout. And then you have wasps which lay their eggs on the leaves, stems, and other parts of plants and trigger the growth of galls (swellings) which both feed and protect the wasp larvae until they reach maturity.

The boy who was watching the ants noticed they were taking wasp galls underground, too. Further exploration found that the wasp larvae were unharmed inside the galls; the only thing the ants had eaten were edible appendages similar to those on the seeds they collected. The wasp larvae stayed safe inside the ant nest, feeding on their galls, until it was time to emerge and head back out to the surface.

So it turns out that the edible portions of the galls have the same sorts of fatty acids as the edible parts of the seeds. And those fatty acids are also found in dead insects. Scientists think that the wasps evolved a way to make the galls they created mimic the edible portions of the seeds to get the ants to collect the galls. This isn't the only example of wasps making use of ants as caretakers for their young, but it's a really fascinating example thereof--especially if you consider ants evolved from wasps at least 100 million years ago.

#wasps #ants #plants #galls #oak galls #insects #invertebrates #Hymenoptera #ecology #bugs #animals #wildlife #nature #trees #entomology #science #natural science #evolution #animal behavior

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2023 | Two photos of a brown and beige mirid plant bug on a green seed pod /End IDs.]

#miridae #Plant bugs #Plant bug #insects #insect #Bug #Bugs #Bugblr #Entomology #invertebrates #Inverts #Arthropods #Photos #Photo #Wasp House Sights #Hemiptera #true bugs

[rattyexplores]

Small plant bug, currently unidentified.

Unknown, Monaloniini

30/05/22

#Monaloniini #Hemiptera #true bugs #Bryocorinae #Miridae #Plant Bugs #Miroidea #Cimicomorpha #Heteroptera #bugs #bugs tw #bugblr #insects tw #insectblr #entomology #insecta #Arthropods #Arthropoda

[talkingtomyhouseplants]

Yes, bugs could be hiding!

Use neem oil as prevention for your babies! 💚 I often use a milder solution.

I get the neem oil concentrate and make the solution myself. It gives me the flexibility to prepare my own strength and at the same time it is cheaper.

#houseplants club #house jungle #pest #plant bugs #bugsofinstagram #bugs #tumblr bugs #prevention #indoor plants #indoor jungle #cute plants #talking to my plants #potted plants #amo las plantas #house plants #houseplants #plant tricks #plantcare #plant care 101 #plant care #planttherapy #plantas de casa #plantas tropicales #plantas #plant foliage #foliage plants #foliage #plantdaddy #plantdad #plant people

[etakeh]

This is so cool.

Tell me you've never wanted a molting cicada plushie. It's got iridescent wings. LOOK AT IT.

Also got a pitcher plant backpack...with a doomed caterpillar. Sorely tempted.

(he also makes glow in the dark plants) (and breeds monstera) (and has a free downloadable guide to plant breeding for cool characteristics)

anyway support independent artists or something? that make cool things?

#art #bugs #plants #insects #invertabrates #cicadas #pitcher plant #caterpillars #carnivorous plants #vegetarian bugs