Decided to check on a cutting that not been performing well. Saw this blue/green chameleon color looking bug; about 1/4” long and 1/8” wide under the lid of the cup. I keep these indoors, so I’m not sure how this got in there or what it is. Can anyone help identify this critter?!
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superdave336
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no clue but it’s sorta pretty color.
EtchedFicus
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From what I see, it kinda looks like an Emerald Ash Borer. I don't think they like fig trees, but they are considered to be a terrible threat to other trees. It could also be a tiger beetle. https://pinelandfarms.org/content/uploads/EABvstigerbeetle_id_copy.jpg
Figgerlickinggood
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So the saying goes “beautiful but deadly”.
I was surrounded by gardeners my whole life, and I never understood the pain they went through cause I tell ya every year it’s a new different challenge.
My step grandfather use to say your garden needs to be big enough so everyone and everything can eat.
Now, his garden was huge, between the fruit tree’s raspberry bushes and the regular planting it covered half an acre out of his 5 acres. But he had all the toys. Plus he grew up on a 50 acre farm, so it was all play for him.
My step grandfather use to say your garden needs to be big enough so everyone and everything can eat.
Now, his garden was huge, between the fruit tree’s raspberry bushes and the regular planting it covered half an acre out of his 5 acres. But he had all the toys. Plus he grew up on a 50 acre farm, so it was all play for him.
If I was 11 again I’d put it on my sisters head or shoulder.
superdave336
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That's what my grandfather did. He had multiple gardens spread out, acres worth of gardens. Plenty to share even though he hated sharing with wildlife....lol. He also kept the whole family provided with garden food.
Yep, he had everything but chickens. But his brother up the hill had that covered.
I never realized how spoiled I was growing up, with the cooking, the baking, the gardens the local butchers, great bakeries. I didn’t understand, I thought everyone lived that way, I thought everyone had a great bakery, or that their grandparents made homemade bread.
The big dinners, the cookouts. It was really good times.
GoodFriendMike
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Cuckoo Wasp
@GoodFriendMike thank you! From what I read: it doesn’t want to eat my fig sticks!
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TorontoJoe
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It looks very much like an emerald ash borer to me. I know them well. While they don't hurt figs, they're devastating to ash. I live in a pretty heavily wooded area... at least it used to be. The beetle was found around here in 2002. I think the city has lost around 800,000 ash trees.... which I believe is most of them.
www.invasivespeciescentre.ca
Emerald Ash Borer - Profile | Invasive Species Centre
The emerald ash borer is an invasive wood-boring beetle, native to Asia. The EAB has been rapidly spreading across North America with dramatic impacts.
www.invasivespeciescentre.ca
GoodFriendMike
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First time hearing of this one. Maybe it.It looks very much like an emerald ash borer to me. I know them well. While they don't hurt figs, they're devastating to ash. I live in a pretty heavily wooded area... at least it used to be. The beetle was found around here in 2002. I think the city has lost around 800,000 ash trees.... which I believe is most of them.
Emerald Ash Borer - Profile | Invasive Species Centre
The emerald ash borer is an invasive wood-boring beetle, native to Asia. The EAB has been rapidly spreading across North America with dramatic impacts.
TorontoJoe
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It's done a ton of damage here. Many really mature trees. Of course I can't say my ID is accurate. I hope it't not.
@TorontoJoe @GoodFriendMike
Mike is right, zoom in and you can see the wings folded back, and the abdomen is the same color as the rest of the body, where the Emerald Ash's abdomen is not the same color as the body but rather a gold color. Also the EAB is also a flatter insect than the Cuckoo Wasp, plus this picture the color is spot on for the wasp.
Mike is right, zoom in and you can see the wings folded back, and the abdomen is the same color as the rest of the body, where the Emerald Ash's abdomen is not the same color as the body but rather a gold color. Also the EAB is also a flatter insect than the Cuckoo Wasp, plus this picture the color is spot on for the wasp.
TorontoJoe
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Tell me about it...these things are terrible. Every Ash tree in our area is gone or about to be gone. Now I read there's some disease that's attacking all beech tree's, and I don't think there's a whole lot one can do other than delay the worst. We have a beatiful Weeping Beech.That's very good news! Sometimes I'm very happy to be incorrect!
There's also something that killed a lot of Maple's in our neighborhood. The township went down the street trimming all of the roadside tree's and transferred some disease from tree to tree to tree but for some reason the Maples were hit the hardest, including mine. Nothing happened to the White Pines.
We also lost all of the Blue Spruce Pines in our area, like every one.