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• Found another herbivore while weeding the garden.

  

  Joanne McKinnon

  

  Common Eupithecia

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  Epithecia miserulata Pug moth First described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1863 Found in Northeast America Larvae feeds on cherry, clover, coneflower, …

• Learning about insect herbivore specialists

  

  Joanne McKinnon

  

  Milkweed Tussock Moth

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  Euchaetes egle Native to eastern North America Specialist herbivore Feeds on milkweed and dogbane Unpalatable to birds and bats Parasitoids lay they eggs …

• Natural pest management

  

  Joanne McKinnon

  

  Spined Soldier Bug

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  Podisus maculiventris Classified by Thomas Say, American entomologist, in 1831 Predatory stink bug Native to North America Feeding on an Abbott’s Sphinx …

• My interest in native plants deepens every growing season.

  

  Joanne McKinnon

  

  Canada Anemones

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  Anemonastrum canadense Anemone canadensis Native to Canada Indicator plant: Grows in wet soil and where the snowmelt flows, which is an important part …

• Bad bugs in the garden.

  

  Joanne McKinnon

  

  Garden ning

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  Clouded Plant Bug Neurocolpus nubilus Herbivore pest Diet: Generalist In my garden, first found on my Kogesha ensata irises and today inside a …

• This lovely pelargonium must have name. Do you recognize it?

  

  Joanne McKinnon

  

  Unnamed Beauty

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  Found this lovely regal pelargonium years ago while visiting the Byward market in Ottawa, Ontario labeled simply as a Martha Washington. A real …