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A Rose Worth Screaming Over

June 16, 2009 · 8 Comments

Aphids and spiders and fungus, oh my!

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  • Candace // June 16, 2009 at 9:31 pm

    Lovely rose, such a soft pink. Creepy spider (I hate ‘em even though I know they’re “good”).

  • Tom // June 16, 2009 at 10:27 pm

    Great picture of a Daddy Long Legs! There are lots around my yard. Pretty friendly, for a bug. (Unlike those scary Wolf spiders.)

  • Tabbie // June 16, 2009 at 11:59 pm

    I’m not a fan of spiders, either, Candace. This one, however, as Tom pointed out, is pretty friendly, for a bug. This particular Arachnid is an Opilionid and not a spider. Most likely it was chewing on the flower itself, although it may have found a dead bug inside the rose upon which to feast.

  • burstmode // June 17, 2009 at 8:52 am

    Not much left to say but to agree with everyone. I like spiders, though…I like most insects except fire ants, to which I am seriously allergic. Oh, hate mosquitos, too…not sure what their reason to exist might be.

  • montucky // June 18, 2009 at 12:07 am

    I love the rose among all of the buds! It’s passenger is pretty cool too.

  • Tabbie // June 18, 2009 at 3:55 am

    Unfortunately aphids were really getting a good taste of this poor rosebush. It’s amazing and dismaying how quickly they can appear and how fast they multiply.

  • kcjewel // June 18, 2009 at 10:32 pm

    i’m screaming just looking at it! blast those aphids with a hose and they will be gone… beats insecticide!!

  • Tabbie // June 18, 2009 at 10:41 pm

    Yep… and dusting with diotomaceous earth works well too! Oh and I cannot forget natural predators. There’s nothing I love more than releasing a pack of true ladybugs into the garden and placing a big ready-to-hatch praying mantis eggpod in a strategic location. There are so many options and alternatives to toxic chemicals. I can’t say I never use poisons, but certainly they are a last resort to be used judiciously and even then on only the toughest of destructive insects.

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