I have just found my first Rosemary Beetle - on my young avocado. I must say the beetle is very striking - so I don't think I will be able to destroy it. I will probably be think differently when the single beetle becomes an infestation!! Earlier in the year I found a 2cm long bright metallic beetle on the ceanothus flowers. Was this a Rose Chafer?
Just had to dig up a loved Rosemary bush that had been attacked and killed by the dreaded Beetle. I have another even bigger Rosemary bush in my allotement, that has been trying to recover, but it is touch and go at the moment wether it survives! I had not idea what the problem was, until a fellow allotementeer told me about the Rosemary Beetle, and looking down at my poor dead bush, I quickly spotted one! It lived another 6 seconds whilst I admired its beauty. Then I squashed it with relish. The next half an hour I spent at my other bush, doing a search and squash mission. Poor bush, I just so love cooking with Rosemary, and dry enough of it to last a whole year..... am keeping my fingers crossed it lives!
I have also found these beetles on my roseamry. I have examined the collection of bubbles found on the plant and there are "small green beetles within". They look like baby beetles growing inside. The beetles have also spead to the honeysuckle and they are now munching on that. Does insecticide kill these damn things??
Reply to Beetle Hunter The blobs of froth are spittle bug nymphs, Philaenus spumarius. They turn into froghopper bugs when they are adult. They don't do too much damage, but if you think they are unsightly give them a spray with the hosepipe.
I have grown lavendar and rosemay for years. Yesterday we found our first Rosemary Leaf Beetles (lots of them)! They are beautiful. Having read about them on the RHS website, which is a great gardening resource, we killed them all (such a shame) BUT reading this I now need to go back to the plants and look for the grubs...
Help. My rosemary and lavender is being stripped bare by the Rosemary-leaf beetle! What do i do to get rid of the pest and save the sick-looking plants
My rosemary and another neighbour's rosemary in the same street are not thriving. No evidence of beetles or spittle bugs. Leaves dull green and some dying off. Some leaves look like they have been part-eaten. There is some new growth at the top of some branches just in the last 10 days or so. Very few flowers this year, on a couple of branches only. There is some sort of webbing visible on some of the branches but no critters found. Any suggestions what this could be and/or what I can do to save the plant? I'd be grateful for any tips!
I have just found a very strange ladybird on my mum's French lavender. It is a metallic colour of green and red stripes (my dad has taken a photo of it. Ever since Monty told us about the harlequin ladybirds we have found a couple but this is our first stripy one the others have been black with yellow or red spots and seem to love our camillia and levatoria bush especially.
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The blobs of froth are spittle bug nymphs, Philaenus spumarius. They turn into froghopper bugs when they are adult. They don't do too much damage, but if you think they are unsightly give them a spray with the hosepipe.