http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af326/RubysRoom/th_007.jpg

http://i1020.photobucket.com/albums/af326/RubysRoom/007.jpg

not sure which pb link will work if any

Not sure what these are but they’re in plague proportions and if you disturb the leaves you end up with a cloud of them.
Also not sure if that’s what’s destroying the leaves, the only other bug I can find are ladybirds.

they might be sucking the sap out of the leaves, thus damaging them. Not sure what they are though.

they’re a seed bug, and will suck seeds and flowers, so yeah, not great if in plague proportion.

painmaster said:

they’re a seed bug, and will suck seeds and flowers, so yeah, not great if in plague proportion.

look like longicorn beetles but smaller.

Try pyrethrum

roughbarked said:

Try pyrethrum

Cheers RB…they have actually died down, not so many around and not sure why. But I did end up cutting back all my silverbeet and the chooks got a good feed.
It is a bit hard to know when to treat problems at the moment with the heat & humidity we’re getting.

Muschee said:

roughbarked said:

Try pyrethrum

Cheers RB…they have actually died down, not so many around and not sure why. But I did end up cutting back all my silverbeet and the chooks got a good feed.
It is a bit hard to know when to treat problems at the moment with the heat & humidity we’re getting.

The bugs in your photos always turn up here just before stormy weather hits in summer. Are usually gone within a couple of days of arrival.