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| Hi all,
At my farm i have on my citrus/fruit trees a group of bugs, when u try to hit them off they let out gas or something and they really stink, there legs are red and there back has like a marking made of lines, how do i kill them without killing the plant and how do i protect the plant after killing them??? |
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| Stink bugs are a large group of insects, some a pest, others not. Try a light trap suspended in the trees. |
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| Only just seen your message. They are citrus bugs. The black ones are mature: the young ones are the colour of new citrus leaves, yellowy-green, and smaller. Both are shield shaped What you do is get an ounce of strong pipe tobacco (contains nicotine) Get some pure soap flakes - `Lux' is ideal - add that to the nicotine Spray the tree. The soap holds/sticks the solution to the bug/plant and The rain washes it all off so you can then eat the lemons or whatever If you don't want to be bothered with the nicotine (it is a poison) you Hope this helps next season. Cheers, K. -- Hope this helps next season. Cheers, K. -- |
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| being an experienced citrus stink-bug killer would advise to watch for that spray they squirt. it is a strong acid and if you cop it in the eyes--ask me how i know-- it burns for hours and red eyes for days;have learnt not to stand under them and now wear goggles.Their spray also causes a burning feeling on your face.I patrol for them daily during the warm months. I just pick them off (ignoring the wriggling legs and smell)and throw them to the ground and stomp on them (they are poor flyers and dont bite). I also used to collect them into a plastic bag and then spray into it with any standard household insecticide. If they are too high to reach i pull down the branch with a hooked stick and squirt them with an insecticide- minimal direct hit- when attacked you can see that fine spray they squirt at you. They begin as small flattish green, change to orange and then become big and black.The orange liquid spray stains skin and nails an unattractive dark colour so spraying an insecticide brew is probably the simplest way to avoid close contact. |
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| Total war on citrus stink beetles. I have Just returned from 2 months in Europe to find all my Citrus (14 trees)infested with these bugs wihch seem to be eating all the fresh shoots & buds and generally monstering any new growth with the help of some grasshoppers By accident I have found that a squirt of WD40 ( contains fish oil & hydrocarbons) using the red pipe in the nozzle to give a narrow long range stream works a treat. The cheap "no name" lubricating spray from Overflow or similar is 25% the cost of WD40 and works just as well if the atomizer jet is replaced with a niozzle & pipe like that on the WD40. I keep a jar of old jets/nozzles from empty spray cans in my workshop that are useful for these types of modifications. Early morning & late afternoon patrols seem to work best. They seem to fornicate in groups up to 5 or 6 so look around nearby for the rest of the group. For high branches you will need something handy like a long handled rake to snare tall branches so the bugs are within range. I have been at this for about 10 days and the stink bug population population is nearly all gone & my citrus trees are now keeping their buds and new growth. Don't stand directly under or near downwind as they spray a nasty poison when dosed which is dangerous in eyes and one left me with a 30mm dia nasty burn on my neck. |
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