Insect and Disease Identification Thread

[Kate6b]

@northwoodswis4 thank you!

[Bradybb]

I bought a couple Haskaps from Maxine Thompson a while ago and planted them in the ground.They grew fine for a few years.Then it seemed like overnight,one plant had necrotic leaves,like your photo,with some defoliation.
I emailed Dr.Thompson and sent some pictures,but she couldn’t say why it happened.I thought maybe someone poured poison on the plant.
But like moose wrote,things were okay the next growing season.bb

[Ruben]

Need help to identify what is this on my fig tree. And what do do about it to get rid of them. Thanks

[Monardella]

Scale insect
http://ipm.ucanr.edu/QT/scalescard.html#:~:text=Scales%20are%20immobile%20insects%20that,species%20and%20abundance%20of%20scales.

[nil]

Any Idea what this is before I spray it?

[LarryGene]

Insect egg masses like that are often either from noctuid moths or from true plant bugs (Hemiptera).

[Derby42]

Saw this quite large hornet on the deck today, feeding on some oranges my wife set out for the butterfly’s . I believe it is a European hornet.

[mamuang]

Can you or anyone tell me what bugs these were, please?

Their actual sizes were very small. If they did not move, I would have thought they were a spec of dirt!!

[speedster1]

My guess is some type of treehopper nymph. Not exactly sure which one though.

[speedster1]

Agreed, European Hornet

[TJ_westPA]

Ladybug larvae! Not sure which species, but definitely ladybugs.

[mamuang]

Well, unfortunately, they are dead now

[TJ_westPA]

lol Well they could have been the invasive Asian ladybeetles, so in that case it’s probably better that they’re dead.

[Hillbillyhort]

I often find these in / on fruit laying on the ground.
( persimmons, tomatoes, strawberries, etc.
Best match I can find is a soldier beetle larva.
But on line info says they are predators, not fruit eaters.?
These are definitely eating fruit on the ground.
Found this one and others in persimmons today.
Anyone know what they really are ?

@LarryGene ?

I put this one in the freezer for a few minutes to slow it down some
So I could get a pic.

[LarryGene]

from bugguide: " larvae are fluid-feeding predators, feed on insect eggs and larvae".

Your ID is probably correct. You may need to observe them more closely and for a longer time. Do they actually consume fruit or are they simply patrolling on fruit. Perhaps they are ingesting moisture from damaged fruit, but not actually consuming solids or not chewing a hole in undamaged fruit.

[Hillbillyhort]

Overnight in a bowel with persimmon,shows it’s head inside fruit.
In a newly chewed hole.
This is how I often find them outside

[LarryGene]

Do you know what chewed the hole? It could well be the beetle larvae displaying undocumented or unusual behavior.

[nil]

Is there anything else feeding on the persimmon? If there are maggots inside, it could be eating the maggots?

[Hillbillyhort]

Well I did not see it chew the hole.
I think ( almost certain )the fruit was undamaged when I put the the fruit and bug in a bowel overnight before taking the above pic the next morning.
To be sure I replaced that fruit with a perfect new unblemished persimmon.
It’s been 4 days , no new hole.
So now I wonder if it made the first hole.
Maybe it’s full.?.
Maybe just drinking the juice the first time.
The larva seams fascinated with its new persimmon, have seen it pulling at the skin, but no new hole. I do often find them in similar holes in fruit on ground,
And @nil. …I never thought of it eating other bugs in the fruit.
Maybe SWD. Inside there? Interesting.
It’s my new coffee table pet for now.

[btle]

Is this spider poisonous? The body is about 1/2 inch. I see the egg sacs too.