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sunfish
05-31-2010, 12:34 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=32302&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32302&ppuser=2868)

Jananas Bananas
05-31-2010, 06:38 PM
Yuck! Are they sucking sap or what? Do you know what they are? What are you using to get rid of them?

~JaNan

sunfish
05-31-2010, 06:44 PM
I'm pretty sure there just aphids. Easy to control with a little neem oil or soapy water.

MediaHound
05-31-2010, 08:39 PM
Yea, looks like some kind of aphid colony on your banana plant.

What's with the clear one on the top right? :)

sunfish
05-31-2010, 08:42 PM
Yea, looks like some kind of aphid colony on your banana plant.

What's with the clear one on the top right? :)

I was wondering that myself, looks like a grasshopper

Abnshrek
05-31-2010, 08:47 PM
Tony looks like you need some lady bugs & pronto :^)

sunfish
05-31-2010, 08:56 PM
Tony looks like you need some lady bugs & pronto :^)

I tried. No one carries them anymore.

saltydad
05-31-2010, 10:01 PM
I tried. No one carries them anymore.


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blownz281
06-01-2010, 05:39 PM
They come in several different colors depending on age,type of aphid. Spray bottle with dawn soap/ water will kill them. Ants will eat them as well. Spray them with the hose.

parid09
06-02-2010, 08:47 AM
The "clear" one in the photo is probably a cast off skin from a moult. As they grow, their outer exoskeleton can only stretch so far, so they, like caterpillars, shed the old skin for a new one growing underneath.