bugs

I was asking a Home Depot co-worker from the garden department if there were any, besides a botanist, others that knew anything about plants, as opposed to lawn mowers, snow blowers, etc... I was told that there is a new hire that does. So I found the new hire and asked her if she knew anything...

On my way out the door this morning I noticed there were lots of mosquito looking bugs on my truck (but pretty sure they were not) so I ran back in and grabbed my jars of mantids to grab them a bite to eat. And hey... why turn down a photo op! :) Thanks again Schloaty for the second year of...

Sorry guys, I have to ask. What kind of bugs to feed my VFTs. I know enough not to feed them hotdogs at least... I fed my typical rosette a small beetle that was crawling around and also tried a small cut piece of earthworm in another trap on the same plant. We'll see what happens. I wanted...

Now that the weather is warming up, there's more and more bugs out there. I'm trying to take closeup photos of flies, they're more cooperative than other bugs. I've come to appreciate how incredible a simple fly is, kinda feel bad when they get eaten by my plants now. Ok, not a fly...

So, I've never had this problem before. I grow outside. 50/50 peat and perlite. I've had the same bag of Canadian peat for probably 3 years. It's been kept in a shed and sealed up. Anyway, this year is my first year with seeds. First immediate question- what to Sarracenia look like when they're...

My school has an annual bugathon, where volunteers eat mealworms, crickets, grubs, superworms, and all that general fun stuff. People sponsor those people per crawler and the money is donated to the southeast Michigan land conservatory. I just thought it was an interesting fundraiser. Anyone...

Oy I have too many plants, made worse by being re-bitten by the orchid bug. I now have 3 shelves full mostly of plants, so here's pics of that and the RO machine (which got moved to the other side of the sink behind the dishes-drying-rack). Oh, and the plants on the window behind the RO...

Hello. I'm fairly new to plant care in general, and the carnivorous plants i recently bought and planted in a long planter box are doing pretty well in my opinion (i.e. growing new traps/flowers), but i have a few main concerns... Let me first give some background info in case it helps: The...

I was trimming off some old brown pitchers from some plants I bought the other day. I noticed a difference in depth between how I potted and how the plants from the nursery are potted. This is mine: (Also, is that curly growth normal in the picture of mine?) And this is from the nursery...

I have it on good authority that they have judith hindle, huge Leuco tarnoks, Red bugs, and doodle bugs. The red and doodle are blooming. I already have two red bugs, and one judith hindle. I'd never heard of leuco tarnoks until today. I'll probably get another JH, a couple leucos, and a...

So, I am looking around my plants today to see how they are doing and I see this spider crawling around! Thought some of you spider collectors would appreciate seeing it! I have heard about people having bugs or viruses coming in on newly purchased plants!!! But I haven't seen anything like...

Hi everyone....I'm not sure if there is even a answer to this Q but i still have to ask. Aside from fertilizing your neps..You can feed them with bugs right?So it got me thinking if there are certain bugs more "nutritious" too the neps???? My neps usually catch ants but how bout stuff like...

Hello all, couple of weeks ago I started to see little black bugs jumping out when I was misting my live sphagnum moss with water. What I would do is kill them once I saw one. But now it has gotten out of control! It has now made a nice colony in my moss and has tranfered over to my Sarr...

For all us CPers http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/life-filming-plants.html But I have to admit the herper in me loves this stuff too http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/life-filming-reptiles-and-amphibians.html http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/life-komodo-dragons-hunt-buffalo.html...

I have this "african mask elephant ear" as it's sometimes called that I got from Home Depot. The thing always looks like it's on the verge of death, I think it just decided to go dormant, and it has all sorts of bugs when it has leaves on it. I dumped the pot with the two bulbs it had growing...

I noticed some little black bugs that looks kind of like sugar ants walking on my neps inside my house. I don't see any pitcher or leaf damage at all. I couldn't get a good picture because they're small and my camera is crap. I have placed an online order for ladybugs just to be safe. I plan to...

I found a video that shows the worms I have crawling up my Anoles vivarium glass. Nemerteans (not my video) Anyone else have these? They went away when I let the tank dry out but once the soil is consistently moist they come back. They kill other bugs and not plants so I guess that's cool but...