Saturday, August 15, 2009

Life on the terrace








Can you hear the stamping of thousands of tiny feet?

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Posted by Marie at 9:24:00 AM
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  1. Ellen ZachosAugust 15, 2009 at 5:09 PM

    If those weren't aphids I'd be dumbstruck by their beauty. But I'm a petty, petty gardener who has no qualms about getting rid of them, in all their technicolor glory. Aphids must die! (Or at least eat somewhere else.)

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  2. McSquareAugust 15, 2009 at 10:58 PM

    I have the same black swallowtail catapillar crewing on my rue plant this 2nd year. I actually enjoy seeing it turn from an egg to hatching into a butterfly.

    As for the aphids. I don't want any on my tomato plant. I got spider mites covering 90% of my plant. This is a great picture of aphids lined up.

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  3. quiltcatAugust 16, 2009 at 1:22 AM

    aphid super highway!

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  4. rachelAugust 16, 2009 at 6:32 AM

    Are we going to be reading recipes that include aphids now? I haven't recovered from the swallowtail eggs yet....

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  5. Fabulous Finds GalAugust 16, 2009 at 6:34 AM

    These are amazing.

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  6. MarieAugust 16, 2009 at 3:07 PM

    Ellen, Vince took an amazing macro of these little soldiers...eek, creepy. These were too much for me, and rather than squish them all (my favoured method), I chopped the lily stems, which are kind of needed for food production :-(

    Hi McSquare, nice to see you here :-) You're clever. Next year I will plant rue for them. I don't eat rue.

    Qc yes, I swear I could hear them chanting left right left right

    Rachel, what do you mean? Aphid sorbet is delicious!!!! - the palest of apple greens...

    Thank you FF Gal :-)

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