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Nicolas Naranja
09-25-2012, 09:36 AM
They don't seem to be doing anything to the fruit, but there are hundreds of them on every hua moa bunch that emerges, but only for about 2 days.

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x455/NicolasNaranja/2012-09-12175357.jpg

Arachnotron
09-25-2012, 09:48 AM
Green June beetle. Cotinis nitida

Green June beetle (http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/bimg142.html)

Nicolas Naranja
09-25-2012, 10:02 AM
I don't know what it is about Hua Moa but it seems to be attractive to bugs. In the early summer I will find rows of holes in the leaves from worms. In the fall, the cucumber beetles feed on the leaves. None of the other varieties are bothered at all.

G.W.
09-25-2012, 11:19 AM
I don't know what it is about Hua Moa but it seems to be attractive to bugs. In the early summer I will find rows of holes in the leaves from worms. In the fall, the cucumber beetles feed on the leaves. None of the other varieties are bothered at all.

HM and 17 here but only young 17

hey nick here is one I got from you this spring
my model is 50 inches tall
http://i1079.photobucket.com/albums/w512/bananascentral/SDC15173hmcv_zpsc64c6744.jpg

verndoc50
09-25-2012, 05:22 PM
any photographs?

verndoc50
09-26-2012, 09:28 AM
Thanks for the pic--my browser didn't show it initially!

Nicolas Naranja
09-26-2012, 06:29 PM
HM and 17 here but only young 17

hey nick here is one I got from you this spring
my model is 50 inches tall
http://i1079.photobucket.com/albums/w512/bananascentral/SDC15173hmcv_zpsc64c6744.jpg

It has gotten tall real quick.