
small fly on the pistil of the azalea
Gibraltar, selfed
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aphids will feed on rhody leaves,
but only on tender new growth
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late blooming rhodies are more
prone to aphids than early bloomers
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azalea_scale - it squishes into
purple juice
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strawberry root weevil
the bane of rhody leaves
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its alive, but what is it?
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small flies stuck on sticky gland-rich
new growth
this is why some deadheaded
flowers stick to your fingers
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a jumping spider
Metaphiddipus?
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a golden Buprestid
wood borer
a very destructuve pest
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large looper
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a bumble bee moving into an
R. augustinii flower
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praying mantis at lunchtime
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Mitsuma spider on a mole plant
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Mitsuma spider
on R.viscosum
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green stink bug
Acrosternum
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green loopers eat azalea leaves
to the midrib |

green fly was on a rhody leaf,
but this looks better
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