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Insects, bugs etc for ID please
« on: September 05, 2012, 04:14:04 PM »
It's about time we had a thread for our invertebrate experts.
I noticed today that my lovely Larix kaempferi Nana had been half-defoliated by something. On closer inspection, these little monsters were revealed. Any ideas? Google is not terribly helpful so far.
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Re: Insects, bugs etc for ID please
« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2012, 04:32:48 PM »
where are blue tits when you need them!?
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Re: Insects, bugs etc for ID please
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2012, 05:29:33 PM »
..perhaps larch sawfly caterpillars..

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Re: Insects, bugs etc for ID please
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2012, 05:34:05 PM »
..perhaps larch sawfly caterpillars..
..... haven't they got dark heads?  :-\
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Re: Insects, bugs etc for ID please
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2012, 06:09:36 PM »
Looks like a Winter Moth Operophtera brumata : http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1205

They feed on many trees and shrubs and can become pests.
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Re: Insects, bugs etc for ID please
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2012, 06:17:49 PM »
Defenitely some kind of sawfly.
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« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2012, 09:27:37 PM »
I don't think I can add them to my sawfly collection, they don't look like the photos of larch sawfly. Winter moth looks right but my larvae aren't loopers.
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Re: Insects, bugs etc for ID please
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2012, 09:43:56 PM »
Is it the two lined larch sawfly?
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« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2012, 09:54:44 PM »
They have 8 pairs of pro legs and are smaller than mine even full-grown. Says google.
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« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2012, 11:03:52 PM »
Winter moth looks right but my larvae aren't loopers.

Anne,

They only loop when you are not looking  :P ;D ;D.

Try to keep one to metamorphosize and you'll know what kind of bug it is.
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« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2012, 09:52:52 AM »
With apologies to Aristotle, I'm not sure if I have any live ones left…. ::)
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« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2012, 11:14:35 AM »
With apologies to Aristotle, I'm not sure if I have any live ones left…. ::)

I am sure he wouldn't mind you saving the Larix  8)
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« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2012, 03:49:05 PM »
Anne:

What did you use to 'control' the pest?
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« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2012, 12:22:00 PM »
A friend found this in her garden ( Ohio, USA) yesterday.
Neither of us have ever seen anything quite like it before.
Not a very good pic but only one she had.
Hoping someone can ID it.

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Re: Insects, bugs etc for ID please
« Reply #14 on: September 29, 2012, 12:29:51 PM »
Its a Red Headed Bush Cricket, Phyllopalpus pulchellus8)

 


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