Comments on: Saturday Seagarden Spoils http://www.garden.geek.nz/2010/04/saturday-seagarden-spoils/ Enthusiastic garden experiments and explorations Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: joshdavidow http://www.garden.geek.nz/2010/04/saturday-seagarden-spoils/comment-page-1/#comment-13 joshdavidow Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:00:13 +0000 http://www.garden.geek.nz/?p=1247#comment-13 I couldn't love a crippled carrot but a curvy one is a different story. Great illustration. I couldn't love a crippled carrot but a curvy one is a different story. Great illustration.

]]> By: gardengeeknz http://www.garden.geek.nz/2010/04/saturday-seagarden-spoils/comment-page-1/#comment-12 gardengeeknz Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:39:31 +0000 http://www.garden.geek.nz/?p=1247#comment-12 Ha! Thanks! <br><br>You're probably right. I'm guessing red spider mite: <br><a href="http://www.hortnet.co.nz/publications/hortfacts/hf401024.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.hortnet.co.nz/publications/hortfacts...</a><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_mite" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_mite</a><br><br>In the interest of reasonable image size I cropped my sketches of insect encounters which included leaf hoppers — only this time I held one up and peered underneath its "invisible" leafy green cloak to discover a rather ordinary white segmented body. Also, the most elegant stick insect I've ever seen. Ha! Thanks!

You're probably right. I'm guessing red spider mite:
http://www.hortnet.co.nz/publications/hortfacts...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_mite

In the interest of reasonable image size I cropped my sketches of insect encounters which included leaf hoppers — only this time I held one up and peered underneath its “invisible” leafy green cloak to discover a rather ordinary white segmented body. Also, the most elegant stick insect I've ever seen.

]]> By: MIke http://www.garden.geek.nz/2010/04/saturday-seagarden-spoils/comment-page-1/#comment-11 MIke Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:49:18 +0000 http://www.garden.geek.nz/?p=1247#comment-11 That is adorable.<br><br>I'm betting the red insect was a big mite. Which you would think would cancel out, like dwarf mammoth, wouldn't you? That is adorable.

I'm betting the red insect was a big mite. Which you would think would cancel out, like dwarf mammoth, wouldn't you?

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