Bug Pros, ID & Help

FirstCavApache64

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These are Rhododendron leafhoppers. I kill many manually every day. They do extensive damage if let go.View attachment 5159141View attachment 5159142View attachment 5159144
Pretty little devil's, sucks that they do so much damage. I skipped putting plants outside this year due to not getting any tree work done to improve my available sunlight, and I don't miss the bug and weather drama a bit. It was fun but the stress wasn't worth it for me. Maybe if I get better sunlight next year and I can plant in ground I'll give it another try but indoors, in the AC, with hardly ever a pest is a much easier way to go and I don't need to grow big plants. Good luck with the critters.
 

DancesWithWeeds

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What kind of bug eats all the green of the leaf and leaves the veins? What's left looks like a piece of lace. I didn't see the bugs. I don't think it was afids. No big deal, just 3 or 4 leafs. Just curious.
 

Lenin1917

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What kind of bug eats all the green of the leaf and leaves the veins? What's left looks like a piece of lace. I didn't see the bugs. I don't think it was afids. No big deal, just 3 or 4 leafs. Just curious.
Pics? Also that’s potentially a huge deal (especially indoors) and you should get on it immediately
 

DancesWithWeeds

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Pics? Also that’s potentially a huge deal (especially indoors) and you should get on it immediately
Thanks.
That was taken care of. It was a while back. I was curious in case it happens again. It was a few fan leafs near the middle of the plant up high.
 

PioneerValleyOG

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Oleander Aphids on my milkweed, one fat lady bug can't eat em all. Gonna cut these off into a jar, can't be good and I don't know what eats them.20220706_151410.jpg20220706_151410.jpg
 

DancesWithWeeds

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Jap beetles are infamous skeletonizers of leaves for one
That sounds more likely than afids. Soapy water would have killed them and these had to have been on a regular schedule. The damage was far near the, just about far enough for the plant to have grown if the eggs had of been laid on the top.
 
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