Cpurola's Outdoor grow in Southeast Michigan 2026

[Hossgrows]

Went out back this morning and found this.
I think they're tent caterpillars 'cause I didn't find any on other leaves, just the one.
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Holy shite.!!! Time for some strategical nukes.

U getting any of that rain up your way, right now. Looks like a goodin

 

[grayoldnproud]

Hey gal, that yellow spotted beetle might be a 14 spotted ladybug. I just found one on my plants and asked Google what it is. It's a good bug and eats aphids just like the red ones. Do they look like mine?
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I love the diversity in nature. This is a 12 spotted Lady beetle. https://www.thcfarmer.com/threads/g...-circling-skeletal-family.175136/post-3431239

 

[Galgrows]

Hey gal, that yellow spotted beetle might be a 14 spotted ladybug. I just found one on my plants and asked Google what it is. It's a good bug and eats aphids just like the red ones. Do they look like mine?
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Nope this is what i have and earwigs. I sprayed a couple mornings ago and still these are here. So far spray has not knocked them out. I have 2 different bug sprays but it's too soon to apply again i think and too hot at 10am here so i'll give them another shot in the early a.m.

 

[Galgrows]

Went out back this morning and found this.
I think they're tent caterpillars 'cause I didn't find any on other leaves, just the one.
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Shiiiit i've not seen so many together before that's terrible looking. Nuke em!!

 

[grayoldnproud]

Nope this is what i have and earwigs. I sprayed a couple mornings ago and still these are here. So far spray has not knocked them out. I have 2 different bug sprays but it's too soon to apply again i think and too hot at 10am here so i'll give them another shot in the early a.m.

That's a cuc beetle alright.

 

[Oldchucky]

Shiiiit i've not seen so many together before that's terrible looking. Nuke em!!

And start looking for eggs under every leaf in the garden! Tent cats? Ha ha ha!

 

[Galgrows]

That's a cuc beetle alright.

If it wasn't so hot i'd hit them now man they are doing some real friggin damage.

 

[grayoldnproud]

If it wasn't so hot i'd hit them now man they are doing some real friggin damage.

Do you have a vacuum you can take out there?

 

[Oldchucky]

Do you have a vacuum you can take out there?

Or a hose and blast them off!

 

[cpurola]

Do you have a vacuum you can take out there?

Be careful which vacuum you use. Hubby used mine to suck up box elder, stink, and lady bugs and the smell even through the hepa filter makes me sneeze.

 

[cpurola]

Holy shite.!!! Time for some strategical nukes.

U getting any of that rain up your way, right now. Looks like a goodin

There was a severe storm warning south of us, but we're getting gentle Spring rain right now. Supposed to stop soon.
And the tent caterpillars can be controlled by removing a few leaves. So, I plucked it and put it in the grass about 50 feet away from the plants.

 

[Hossgrows]

There was a severe storm warning south of us, but we're getting gentle Spring rain right now. Supposed to stop soon.
And the tent caterpillars can be controlled by removing a few leaves. So, I plucked it and put it in the grass about 50 feet away from the plants.

Well, if u were closer. I still got some nuke juice. Fir case of last ditch emergencies.

 

[tall boys]

Rain rain and more rain when will the rain go away LOL

 

[tall boys]

Rain rain and more rain when will the rain go away LOLView attachment 2681940View attachment 2681941

Too much rain no good for the plants so make sure you put the top on your enclosure wait till winter or fall whichever you prefer in the northern hemisphere this thing will be locked tight all the way to the top

 

[grayoldnproud]

If it wasn't so hot i'd hit them now man they are doing some real friggin damage.

See what you started. This lil turd had the intestinal fortitude to land on me.

 

[tall boys]

See what you started. This lil turd had the intestinal fortitude to land on me.View attachment 2681948

That looks like a firer fly

 

[cpurola]

Hoverflies are our friends.

 

[cpurola]

Missed another boy. Finnish frost.

 

[Hossgrows]

 

[grayoldnproud]

That looks like a firer fly

They do kind of look similar. But it's a striped cucumber beetle.