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Does it seem like there is more insect damage than usual this year?

5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago

There's always some damage, but it seems more widespread to me this year -- four-lined plant bugs on the caryopteris, something chewing the heck out of my cactus zinnias, who knows what munching on the squash and cukes, explosion of asparagus beetles, and yowza did every ant in the county take up residence on my property? I've never seen so many ants in trees and shrubs. I thought some of my milkweed bit the dust but when I looked closer I noticed green stems had poked through but was chewed off -- all of the stems. I dug them up and potted them, figuring if I get them away from whatever's going after them they'll survive just fine, and then other milkweed had something eating just the tips, probably some sort of borer, so I had to cut those back to below the damage. I think it's just going to be an ongoing battle this year...