This may be know as " The Year of the Bug". My bug seem to be a month early and very well rested, ready to go to work. I think the good bugs are still on vacation down south.

Larry

I am seeing everything early here. For the second year in a row, some warm-season pests are arriving even before I have the plants they like transplanted into the ground (or even sown from seed). We have June bugs in March again, which doesn't really bother me. We have to deal with them sooner or later, so might as well get it over with.

I haven't seen squash bugs yet, but haven't necessarily been watching for them.

With all the recent rainfall, I was feeling great about this year's garden.

Now, though, with the continued warmer-than-average temperatures and early arrival of pests, I am starting to worry about a repeat of the summer of 2011. Or, even worse, the same heat but with substantially higher humidity.

I've never, ever, ever seen as many moths as I have seen this month. When you mow the grass, clouds of moths fly up out of it. I don't remember that being much of an issue in the past. All the holly shrubs are blooming and they are being visited by bees all day long and moths all night long. We have huge numbers of moths around the porch light at night. It is incredible to see them in these numbers.

Larry, the good bugs are on vacation here too. I'm hoping the lady bugs will show up soon, as I also found a lot of aphids yesterday. Usually here they show up a week or so after the aphids.

Okiedawn, no June bugs here yet, but some grasshoppers already.

I've seen multiple ladybugs the last two days, so I guess vacation is over!

Tractorlady, We have had a big influx of grasshoppers this week. I am not very happy about it either. I try not to overreact to their arrival, but they were so bad in 2010 that just seeing a handful of them makes me nervous. I will be watching their behavior closely the next few weeks to see if I can tell if we should be expecting an average number, or above or below average.

Heather, Hooray for the arrival of the lady bugs. I haven't seen a single one yet, but I don't have any aphids for them to eat yet either. I have seen green lacewings.

Dawn