Alright a little info about this bug.
I can be found on Veg’s Family Fig tree. There is no Leaves on it at all, Should be loaded I would have thought. We just drop off the tree (bugs that is) when someone touches the branches.

What am I and how can Veg and his dad get rid of me.

veg gardener said:

Alright a little info about this bug.
I can be found on Veg’s Family Fig tree. There is no Leaves on it at all, Should be loaded I would have thought. We just drop off the tree (bugs that is) when someone touches the branches.

What am I and how can Veg and his dad get rid of me.

I’m no help here. It just looka like any other beetle/bug to me. Sorry.

can you put a link up to a bigger image Veg?

The antennae don’t look long enough, but it could be a longicorn beetle

pain master said:

can you put a link up to a bigger image Veg?

The antennae don’t look long enough, but it could be a longicorn beetle

Shall take bigger photo if thats what you mean?

veg gardener said:

pain master said:

can you put a link up to a bigger image Veg?

The antennae don’t look long enough, but it could be a longicorn beetle

Shall take bigger photo if thats what you mean?

if you can, a close up would be nice, use the macro setting on your camera.

pain master said:

veg gardener said:

pain master said:

can you put a link up to a bigger image Veg?

The antennae don’t look long enough, but it could be a longicorn beetle

Shall take bigger photo if thats what you mean?

if you can, a close up would be nice, use the macro setting on your camera.

Camera was set on 3M where can I find this Macro setting?

veg gardener said:

pain master said:

veg gardener said:

Shall take bigger photo if thats what you mean?

if you can, a close up would be nice, use the macro setting on your camera.

Camera was set on 3M where can I find this Macro setting?

what model camera again?

pain master said:

veg gardener said:

pain master said:

if you can, a close up would be nice, use the macro setting on your camera.

Camera was set on 3M where can I find this Macro setting?

what model camera again?

Dsc w180 Sony.

veg gardener said:

pain master said:

veg gardener said:

Camera was set on 3M where can I find this Macro setting?

what model camera again?

Dsc w180 Sony.

hang ten veg, I’m just trying to get my head around the functions of your camera…. I’m nearly there….

pain master said:

veg gardener said:

pain master said:

what model camera again?

Dsc w180 Sony.

hang ten veg, I’m just trying to get my head around the functions of your camera…. I’m nearly there….

okay veg, on your Control Button, the round jobby that you press with your right thumb, you should see a little flower at the 9 O’clock setting. If you hit the little flower setting once you will get to Auto-Macro, the camera will decide whether to macro or not, but if you hit the flower setting twice you will set the Macro to On, and your camera will focus on up close thingos. It may take one or two attempts to focus on the bug, but you’ll get the hang of it. Put the bug on something plain, like material or paper, not the milk carton because the camera is lazy and will want to focus on the text instead.

well written PM ;)

thanks Roughy. By the way Veg, I have saved a copy of your user manual on my file so if you need to know what any of your other buttons do, just ask, and I’ll take a look for you.

I’d leave that smile setting turned off, the bug won’t grin for you.

I’ve seen them but no idea what they are.

pain master said:

pain master said:

veg gardener said:

Dsc w180 Sony.

hang ten veg, I’m just trying to get my head around the functions of your camera…. I’m nearly there….

okay veg, on your Control Button, the round jobby that you press with your right thumb, you should see a little flower at the 9 O’clock setting. If you hit the little flower setting once you will get to Auto-Macro, the camera will decide whether to macro or not, but if you hit the flower setting twice you will set the Macro to On, and your camera will focus on up close thingos. It may take one or two attempts to focus on the bug, but you’ll get the hang of it. Put the bug on something plain, like material or paper, not the milk carton because the camera is lazy and will want to focus on the text instead.

Shall do.

It looks like a Christmas beetle…

fresnel_chick said:

It looks like a Christmas beetle…

Not to me.

Got home from the dance last night and found himthis fella. Any idea what sort he is? I’ve been googling but haven’t been able to find a photo of anyhting like him.

He’s pretty though

AnneS said:

Got home from the dance last night and found himthis fella. Any idea what sort he is? I’ve been googling but haven’t been able to find a photo of anyhting like him.

He’s pretty though

got a picture?

bluegreen said:

AnneS said:

Got home from the dance last night and found himthis fella. Any idea what sort he is? I’ve been googling but haven’t been able to find a photo of anyhting like him.

He’s pretty though

got a picture?

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AnneS said:

bluegreen said:

AnneS said:

Got home from the dance last night and found himthis fella. Any idea what sort he is? I’ve been googling but haven’t been able to find a photo of anyhting like him.

He’s pretty though

got a picture?

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nice looking moth. looks big too. I don’t know what sort it is though.

one of these… http://www1.ala.org.au/gallery2/v/Saturniidae/

bluegreen said:

one of these… http://www1.ala.org.au/gallery2/v/Saturniidae/

I did check out that site earlier today before I posted the thread and I didn’t think any of the moths there looked anything like this one, but on having another lookk to night I’d say that Opodiphthera loranthi is the most likely candidate

AnneS said:

bluegreen said:

one of these… http://www1.ala.org.au/gallery2/v/Saturniidae/

I did check out that site earlier today before I posted the thread and I didn’t think any of the moths there looked anything like this one, but on having another lookk to night I’d say that Opodiphthera loranthi is the most likely candidate

there are probably regional variations as well. If you click on that one you will find there are 4 different photos that are variations.

little buggers that are on the fig tree.

Veg gardener said:

little buggers that are on the fig tree.

They are sawfly larva Veg. They wreck my fig tree too. Have had them on my Callistemons as well this year. They don’t seem to interfer with the fruit of the fig but they are ugly things for sure. I haven’t sprayed them but I’m always going to .

pomolo said:

Veg gardener said:

little buggers that are on the fig tree.

They are sawfly larva Veg. They wreck my fig tree too. Have had them on my Callistemons as well this year. They don’t seem to interfer with the fruit of the fig but they are ugly things for sure. I haven’t sprayed them but I’m always going to .

what should i spray with, they seem to be eating all the leaves.

Veg gardener said:

pomolo said:

Veg gardener said:

little buggers that are on the fig tree.

They are sawfly larva Veg. They wreck my fig tree too. Have had them on my Callistemons as well this year. They don’t seem to interfer with the fruit of the fig but they are ugly things for sure. I haven’t sprayed them but I’m always going to .

what should i spray with, they seem to be eating all the leaves.

It’s not vital to spray if you’d prefer not to. My guess is that if you do spray it should reduce next years numbers though. Good old Dipel would probably do it and it’s organic.

pomolo said:

Veg gardener said:

pomolo said:

They are sawfly larva Veg. They wreck my fig tree too. Have had them on my Callistemons as well this year. They don’t seem to interfer with the fruit of the fig but they are ugly things for sure. I haven’t sprayed them but I’m always going to .

what should i spray with, they seem to be eating all the leaves.

It’s not vital to spray if you’d prefer not to. My guess is that if you do spray it should reduce next years numbers though. Good old Dipel would probably do it and it’s organic.

might give it ago, tree needs a good prune but its to early i think

Veg gardener said:

pomolo said:

Veg gardener said:

what should i spray with, they seem to be eating all the leaves.

It’s not vital to spray if you’d prefer not to. My guess is that if you do spray it should reduce next years numbers though. Good old Dipel would probably do it and it’s organic.

might give it ago, tree needs a good prune but its to early i think

Once you’ve got all the fruit you want then you can prune. My book says to prune in winter to force new growth.

Veg gardener said:

pomolo said:

Veg gardener said:

little buggers that are on the fig tree.

They are sawfly larva Veg. They wreck my fig tree too. Have had them on my Callistemons as well this year. They don’t seem to interfer with the fruit of the fig but they are ugly things for sure. I haven’t sprayed them but I’m always going to .

what should i spray with, they seem to be eating all the leaves.

Don’t the leaves just drop anyway? I once spent an eon figuring out how to stop grubs from eating the leaves off my white cedar. Finally worked it out. Then the leaves dropped off at end of season. I don’t bother anymore.

pomolo said:

Veg gardener said:

pomolo said:

It’s not vital to spray if you’d prefer not to. My guess is that if you do spray it should reduce next years numbers though. Good old Dipel would probably do it and it’s organic.

might give it ago, tree needs a good prune but its to early i think

Once you’ve got all the fruit you want then you can prune. My book says to prune in winter to force new growth.

it has less then half a dozen figs on it now.

Longy said:

Veg gardener said:

pomolo said:

They are sawfly larva Veg. They wreck my fig tree too. Have had them on my Callistemons as well this year. They don’t seem to interfer with the fruit of the fig but they are ugly things for sure. I haven’t sprayed them but I’m always going to .

what should i spray with, they seem to be eating all the leaves.

Don’t the leaves just drop anyway? I once spent an eon figuring out how to stop grubs from eating the leaves off my white cedar. Finally worked it out. Then the leaves dropped off at end of season. I don’t bother anymore.

Dropped off in the Middle of summer?

Longy said:

Veg gardener said:

pomolo said:

They are sawfly larva Veg. They wreck my fig tree too. Have had them on my Callistemons as well this year. They don’t seem to interfer with the fruit of the fig but they are ugly things for sure. I haven’t sprayed them but I’m always going to .

what should i spray with, they seem to be eating all the leaves.

Don’t the leaves just drop anyway? I once spent an eon figuring out how to stop grubs from eating the leaves off my white cedar. Finally worked it out. Then the leaves dropped off at end of season. I don’t bother anymore.

Dropped off in the Middle of summer?

Longy said:

Don’t the leaves just drop anyway? I once spent an eon figuring out how to stop grubs from eating the leaves off my white cedar. Finally worked it out. Then the leaves dropped off at end of season. I don’t bother anymore.

I came to that conclusion with pear and cherry slug too.

Veg gardener said:

Longy said:

Veg gardener said:

what should i spray with, they seem to be eating all the leaves.

Don’t the leaves just drop anyway? I once spent an eon figuring out how to stop grubs from eating the leaves off my white cedar. Finally worked it out. Then the leaves dropped off at end of season. I don’t bother anymore.

Dropped off in the Middle of summer?

No early autumn i reckon. Either way, they’re gonna drop off. My fig tree has already dumped it’s leaves.

Longy said:

Veg gardener said:

Longy said:

Don’t the leaves just drop anyway? I once spent an eon figuring out how to stop grubs from eating the leaves off my white cedar. Finally worked it out. Then the leaves dropped off at end of season. I don’t bother anymore.

Dropped off in the Middle of summer?

No early autumn i reckon. Either way, they’re gonna drop off. My fig tree has already dumped it’s leaves.

This is the first lot of figs it has on it.

Veg gardener said:

Longy said:

Veg gardener said:

Dropped off in the Middle of summer?

No early autumn i reckon. Either way, they’re gonna drop off. My fig tree has already dumped it’s leaves.

This is the first lot of figs it has on it.

What type of fig is it VG?

Longy said:

Veg gardener said:

Longy said:

No early autumn i reckon. Either way, they’re gonna drop off. My fig tree has already dumped it’s leaves.

This is the first lot of figs it has on it.

What type of fig is it VG?

Might be a brown turkey?

Veg gardener said:

Longy said:

Veg gardener said:

This is the first lot of figs it has on it.

What type of fig is it VG?

Might be a brown turkey?

Yeah OK. Well my fruit finished then it dumped its leaves immediately. No idea if that’s normal.
As far as my tree is concerned, it’s heading into Autumn. Seems fair!

Longy said:

No early autumn i reckon. Either way, they’re gonna drop off. My fig tree has already dumped it’s leaves.

Hmmm, entirely different climate – cooler here – but my fig tree is still heavily laden with hundreds of fruit and still in full leaf.

Veg gardener said:

little buggers that are on the fig tree.

sawfly larvae?

Veg gardener said:

pomolo said:

Veg gardener said:

little buggers that are on the fig tree.

They are sawfly larva Veg. They wreck my fig tree too. Have had them on my Callistemons as well this year. They don’t seem to interfer with the fruit of the fig but they are ugly things for sure. I haven’t sprayed them but I’m always going to .

what should i spray with, they seem to be eating all the leaves.

put on protective clothing and eyewear and knock off into a bucket of soapy water

Yeehah said:

Longy said:

No early autumn i reckon. Either way, they’re gonna drop off. My fig tree has already dumped it’s leaves.

Hmmm, entirely different climate – cooler here – but my fig tree is still heavily laden with hundreds of fruit and still in full leaf.

Still a few green fruit left on mine, Still in full leaf.