Landscape Message: May 26, 2017

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Edit note: And just a reminder that there are beneficial insects around in the midst of all of the destructive caterpillars:

A lady beetle (ladybug) larva seen on Rosa rugosa on 5/24/17 in Amherst. The larvae and adults of many ladybugs (Coccinellidae) can be voracious predators of pest insects such as aphids, thrips, and mites. (Simisky, 2017)