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Easter 08. Nymphs and new adults on the back of a cat's claw leaf.
Created: Mon 24 of Mar, 2008
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This is a cox-burr growing at the release site. It has signs of leaf damage similar to the tingid damage on the CC. This may be totally unrelated but I thought it was worth documenting. Even if there was minor damage to the surrounding vegetation the plants would be better off in the long run. DPI testing showed Tingid could hatch on other species of plant but would die long before adulthood.
Created: Mon 04 of Feb, 2008
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I found leaf damage and live nymphs about 1.5 metres up a tree. I also found a few live adults near the fallen stump.
Created: Mon 04 of Feb, 2008
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More damaged leaves below the flood level.
Created: Mon 04 of Feb, 2008
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This shows leaf damage (the white leaves) from nymphs. This went underwater and mud is still visible on some leaves. I saw no tingids here.
Created: Mon 04 of Feb, 2008
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The vine covered stump we used as the main release site fell over some time between 2-dec-07 and 2-feb-08. I'm not sure if it happened before, during or after the main flood.
Created: Mon 04 of Feb, 2008
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A small number of adult Tingids were released on CC vines in the out house on 2'nd Dec 07. This appears to be adult feeding damage to the leaves but no signs yet of nymphs. Adults can live for almost two months so it is still possible there are eggs present.
Created: Mon 04 of Feb, 2008
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Damage to cat's claw by a newly (2007) approved biological control agent. This is a leaf curling moth.
Created: Sat 22 of Dec, 2007
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Damage to cat's claw by a newly (2007) approved biological control agent. This is a leaf curling moth.
Created: Tue 18 of Dec, 2007
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Damage to cat's claw by a newly (2007) approved biological control agent. This is a tingid which lays eggs into the leaf. The nymphs are a leaf sucker.
Created: Tue 18 of Dec, 2007
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Here I'm weaving the tingid infected plants into the wild Cat's claw to get the tigids established. In the lower background you can see how close the creek is. Eddie,
Created: Tue 18 of Dec, 2007
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Here Jayd is mixing the tingid infected plants with the wild Cat's claw to get the tingids established.
Created: Tue 18 of Dec, 2007
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Damage to cat's claw by a newly (2007) approved biological control agent. This is a tingid which lays eggs into the leaf. The nymphs are a leaf sucker. These plants were mixed with wild cat's claw on 2'nd December 2007.
Created: Tue 18 of Dec, 2007
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