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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: totalnovice on May 07, 2011, 21:01

Title: can anyone suggest...
Post by: totalnovice on May 07, 2011, 21:01

... a website for me to visit to identify a bug and it's lavae that i found eating my yellow ball budleia this afternoon please. hey are really small and i doubt i would be able to get a picture to post on here, enen though i know you guys are just brilliant at identifying things!
thanks in advance for your suggestions, and sorry if this is not posted in the right place, wasn't sure which forum to go for.

Title: Re: can anyone suggest...
Post by: grinling on May 07, 2011, 21:17

Do a google search for buddleia bug or try RHS

Title: Re: can anyone suggest...
Post by: totalnovice on May 08, 2011, 14:15

Thanks but i have tried both to no avail any other ideas?

Title: Re: can anyone suggest...
Post by: mumofstig on May 08, 2011, 14:19

sorry no idea without a photo, or at least a decent description.......

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really small

don't help much at all   ::)  :nowink:

Title: Re: can anyone suggest...
Post by: 8doubles on May 08, 2011, 14:43

A stab in the dark,
 http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=thrips+photographs&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=M54&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=55zGTcrFL9C4hAfPy-HtAw&ved=0CCIQsAQ&biw=1272&bih=550

Title: Re: can anyone suggest...
Post by: totalnovice on May 08, 2011, 17:27

i found this web site
http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/insects
and after looking through hundreds and hundreds of photos i have discovered that they are figwort weevils! Excellent if you have the time to trawl through lots of pictures, not so excellent if you have a short attention span... :lol: