Moira wrote:
> Which type of beans are you talking about? As far as I know
> the black bean aphis is confined to Faba beans and does not
> occur on the other kinds.
I get black aphids on asparagus beans, in patches so thick that the pod is
obscured. Red ants scurry all over the pods. No damage as far as I can
tell.
Pat
Moira wrote:
> I must say the are of little bother in my garden anyway as I
> only see them very occasionally and then not until near the
> end of the beans' productive life.
Black aphids appear on the asparagus beans as soon as pods begin to =
elongate
but, as I said, seem not to cause any external harm to the pod. These =
are
the only beans in my garden that are bothered by aphids. All the other
beans are bothered by the Mexican bean beetle!
Pat
Patricia Ruggiero wrote:
Aha
Another host, not known to me already as these beans do not grow in my
climate.
I must say the are of little bother in my garden anyway as I only see
them very occasionally and then not until near the end of the beans'
productive life.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan,
Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ. Pictures of our garden at:-
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