[CH] familiar little friends
Parkhurst, Scott Contractor (PARKHURS@LEAVENWORTH.ARMY.MIL)
Mon, 12 Jun 2000 16:58:54 -0000
While checking out the chile patch last weekend I found a
couple of nice bugs I have seen before:
The first was a tiny little praying mantiss, not even half an
inch long, happily munching on something it had snagged.
Maybe it's the progeny of the gal that hung out here last year
in the C. chinense section ( I did find it on a choco hab).
The second was a little spider, same type I found indoors
last year. Only about 1/4 inch long, head larger than abdomen,
sort of a metallic sheen on the body. Scary looking huge fangs
for a critter of such diminutive size. Jumps around looking for
aphids and what-not to crunch on.
Also found a few aphids trying to get colonized on the Aji
Pajaritos. Opportunistic little buggers went after the plants that
were having the toughest time coming back fro the hail storm.
Sprayed them off with plain water for now, will up the ante if
they insist on playing games.
One thing I've noticed about the aphids I get, they always start
off at the very top node of the plants, right where the newest
growth is emerging. Almost never under the leaves. It's easy
to spray them off from there, but it seems different than what
others have experienced.
Scott... tomatoes and chiles in bloom... KCK