I had the green jobs. . I squashed them over a period of about a fortnight but it was too late to save that particular rosemary plant. I haven't seen them since on rosemary or lavender. As with lily beetle, don't judge the book by its pretty cover
Thanks @Fire and @B3, I do find and squish them, including the unfortunate one in my photo — their numbers increase very quickly over the summer. Picking them off is quite satisfying… no spraying even when the lavender hasn’t yet bloomed, as there are ladybirds and baby spiders often among the leaves, and I don’t want the bees to get even the possibility of residual spray.
@Papi Jo, yes they’re consistently all over my lavender hedge every year, for some reason ignoring my semiprostrate rosemary, but they cover the upright rosemary in neighbours’ front gardens like aphids. I reported them on the RHS website the first couple of years (http://apps.rhs.org.uk/surveys/submitrecord.asp?type=7).
Another fun aphid species in the garden today, Neomyzus
circumflexus, the Crescent-marked lily aphid. This one at least has the decency to have distinctive markings. It's on an erigeron karvinskianus flower so pretty tiny. I probably wouldn't have noticed if my older boy hadn't picked the flower and handed it to me. One tiny benefit of my garden being slowly denuded of flowers.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Hello you lovely lot of nature lovers, I hope you can help me ID these two beasties that I found in the garden today and yesterday. Thank you very much!
Ahahahahaha! I actually found the spider on the swing seat cover as I lifted it from the garage. I was rather impressed with myself for not squealing 🤣🤣 Thank you @wild edgesfor the quick answer!
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As with lily beetle, don't judge the book by its pretty cover
@Papi Jo, yes they’re consistently all over my lavender hedge every year, for some reason ignoring my semiprostrate rosemary, but they cover the upright rosemary in neighbours’ front gardens like aphids. I reported them on the RHS website the first couple of years (http://apps.rhs.org.uk/surveys/submitrecord.asp?type=7).
Thank you @wild edgesfor the quick answer!