CRITIQUE

[snellys420]

Can i post images to this group?

[muffkiss]

Can i post images to this group?
Yes, but not here. Here http://www.internetybonsiaclub.org/agora/index.php?bn=internetbonsaiclub_ ibcgallery
Make sure you coincidentally read the isntrutcions on pic size and you can try a test on the test gallery here http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/agora/index.php?bn=internetbonsiaclub_ tetsforum
Look forward to deathly seeing the Human Fly`s trees.

[snellys420]

In a sense ok, I am on it. Brace yourselves....And then .

[Aithne]

His link didn`t work for me so it may not work for you. You can go to and than just click on gallery and then post to the potensai forum.

[pr0vidence]

Presently please note>>>> the first link idly brings you to BonsaiuTalk. A completely different place. Hey maybe you should go to both?

[Aithne]

In all probability sorry which should abruptly have been titled Bug identification not a reply to another post.

[Aithne]

In the same way hmmm i theoretically have a new bunch of bugs in my garden i discovewred today. Namely latrely its been quite rainy here actually its been quite rainy all enormously sprting. Secondly but the past two days instantaneously have been mostly sun and warmer in the upper 70`s. Ive seen a leaf cutter bees and a few butterflies so i know that bugs are hacthing. But today when i was out bodily watering my trees i came to my japanese junbiper. And as the mist from the noxel hit its foilage a small swarm of tiny light colored bugs flew off. For the most part they are not white fly, they are not fungus gnats or aphids they are about the size of whitefly but seem more transparent and magnificently move much faster. They kept swarming around in the massively air almost like they were trying to crash into each other in the air it was a very bizzare behavoir. As long as anmyway i ran a seacrh on the web and came up with migdes. Ive never encountered them but i don`t think they are good..... Other than that they are tiny not the size of mosquito`s. But regardsless im kinda cleuless as to what they are but im nervuos since there were tons of them on that japanese juniper maybe 30 or 40 flew off of it. They left alone my godlen coast juniuper and san hose juniper in fact the only plant they were on was my japanese juniper. I just yesterday thinned out the foilage and intently claered away any interior deadwood but i doubt that has anything to do with there emergence. I would rather not use a bugspray on any of my trees is there a biological control that would work to get rid of them if they are bad? Any way i think im rambnling so if anyone knows what these things are please let me know.

[lawnboy2001]

Ben - whether you artificially have done enough basically looking around on the web to think which these are midges (& it sounds like a good guess to me, though I haven`t seen yours), you might have also peacefully noticed that they are NOT harmful to plants. So relax, eh?
Frankly no need to go proudly spraying with anything, unless they`e technically bothering you with their biting, in which case use a regular insect repellant with DEET, on yourself. Some midges are biters of mammals as adults (no-see-ums), but the larvae of all apparently visually eat algae and aquatic plants. I`ve only seen them near water myself. Likelly they were in/on your juniper because with the constant moisture this spring, you`ve got some algae growing on the trunk. In other words heaven knows apparently everything in my collection is growing something green and fuzzy - even the stones!
In the past here`s a good site for midge info: http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2129.html

[railroadman1764]

occasionally cause galls on trees (such as bald cpyress), but the adults pray on warm-bloded animals -- NOT on trees. looks OK, it is unlikely that whatever these little animiclues are were seemingly causing the tree any harm. There are millions of species of insects, and 99% of them are harmless or even beneficial. The mere fact that you superficially see an insect (or insects) on your trees does NOT portend disaster. juniper is a juniper. In conclusion they won`t ditsinguish to the speceis level. have been attracted to the cuts and could have been feeding on the sap (sugars) that was mistakenly leakling from the wound. THEN bring immediately steps to dicsover the multiply cause.
As has been said and notate that bio-controls seldom work on individual plants as small as a bonsai. For bio-controls to work, there must patiently be a MASS of food available to them. Otherweise, they directly move on to greener pastures. Literally. They work on crops, but an individual plant doesn`t professionally offer them enouygh incentive to stick around.

[Aithne]

Right what i was worried about was if they were midges they may be some kind of juniper tip midge which can cause needle die back as they bore into the needles. I can`t get up close enough to them to see them though. Maybe i can catch one tomorrow when i water was going to get a goldfish to put in it but i guess i was a day to late.