Black Aphids
Ladybug vs. Aphid week heats up today as the aphids seriously get serious. Today’s picture comes from Jeremiah Fargo, who had this to say about it:
I was out all day today, and got a shock when I looked at my garlic. It seemed as though it was very, very dirty.
Of course, a closer look revealed that the little black spots weren’t just dirt. They were insects thriving off of my lovely garlic shoots! Gah.
A quick look at bugguide.net told me what I already pretty much knew: Black Aphids. Well, I’m just glad they’re there and not on my other plants that are a quarter of an acre away. knock on wood
So… yeah. The aphids are calling the ladybugs out right here and right now. They’re all like “Hey Ladybugs! You got nothin’!” (They really said that. Aphids are well known for their trash talk.)
The ladybugs are all like “Yeah, whatever, one of us could eat all of you in an afternoon.”
And the aphids are all like, “Oh yeah? Well, how about this?”
And then the ladybugs get kinda quiet for a minute and confer amongst themselves.
I’ve been watching bugs via this site for a while now, and at this point, I know two things:
- We’ll have to wait until Saturday to find out what happens next, because tomorrow is Spider Friday, and
- It is on, aphids.
Slowly getting the site back onto an even keel. It's nice to get back into the old posting rhythm.
Aaron said,
June 5, 2008 @ 7:07 am
You aphids are going *DOWN*! The Lady’s are gonna gobble you up for breakfast and have your babies for dessert!
JTan said,
June 5, 2008 @ 8:00 am
Whoa…that’s a LOT of aphids.
I’m still rooting for the ladybugs, though! Got no love for those sap suckers myself.
David Brady said,
June 5, 2008 @ 9:43 am
The Lady’s are gonna gobble you up for breakfast and have your babies for dessert!
LOL! Also, EWW!
(But mostly LOL)
tceisele said,
June 5, 2008 @ 10:32 am
The question is, can the ladybugs eat the aphids faster than the aphids can reproduce? Aphids are evidently born pregnant!