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Help: What is this insect in my rose buds?
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Posted by
professorroush 6A (
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Sat, May 26, 12 at 21:37
| I need some expert help here! I often find these tiny insects, sometimes alone, sometimes as many as 3 or 4 at a time, in opened rose blooms. They don't appear to be causing any damage to these blooms, no holes or discoloration. Sizewise, they're clearly visible, but obviously small, maybe 3-4 mm long. I was afraid they were curculios, but they don't look like the pictures of those insects and they don't seem to be harming the roses. Anyone out there got an idea? |
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RE: Help: What is this insect in my rose buds?
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| I have no idea what they are either, but I swear I've seen them here also. They look like the critters that I'm apt to inhale when I sniff a bloom before looking for occupants first. |
RE: Help: What is this insect in my rose buds?
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| Exactly. Wife is tired of me bringing them into the house with cut roses. But not tired enough to ask me to stop bringing in the roses :) |
RE: Help: What is this insect in my rose buds?
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| It's a type of beetle that feeds on pollen and nectar, completely harmless unless maybe you inhale one. |
RE: Help: What is this insect in my rose buds?
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| Thanks Michaelg. Got a rough name for it, even a genus? |
RE: Help: What is this insect in my rose buds?
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| Sorry, I've forgotten. Baldo Villegas can tell you. |
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