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Thu, May 29, 14 at 12:32
| I examine my potato plants daily to check on their bud formation. Almost every bud cluster has a lightning bug sitting on it...kind of nestled in. Does anyone know why this is? |
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| Never had them bother my plants so that is a new one for me also, Maybe find a spray for them. |
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| Good grief jimmy56! Don't spray anything unless there is damage to the plant. |
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- Posted by sweetquietplace 6 WNC Mtn. (My Page) on Fri, May 30, 14 at 0:06
| I checked Wikipedia. It said that some species feed on pollen and nectar. Since I find them on the bud cluster, I guess that's what it's all about. |
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| dirtguy, That is true with some crops, But other crops I spray before the damage is done, Don't want all the work going down the drain. |
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| Potatoes do not need flowers to produce tubers. Let the lightning bugs live. |
This post was edited by seysonn on Sat, May 31, 14 at 5:43
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- Posted by sweetquietplace 6 WNC Mtn. (My Page) on Sat, May 31, 14 at 7:00
| Lightning bugs add to the joy in my life. I would never knowingly kill them. |
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- Posted by booberry85 z5NY (My Page) on Sat, May 31, 14 at 7:32
| The lightning bugs are a good thing! They eat slugs and snails. Slugs and snails might be feeding on your potato tubers. |
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| Just in case, if you're not familiar with the Colorado Potato Beetle, do a quick image search and make sure you're not seeing those guys instead. (They could look vaguely similar.) That said, I haven't killed the CPBs either - they don't seem to do too much damage in my situation. |
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| LOL! booberry85 !!! |
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