Hemerocallis Gall Midge
By Simbad
26 Jun, 2012
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Just a picture for Wylie and Daglelie of the distorted buds caused by hemerocallis gall midge, hate the little blighters, this pest only affects the early flowering daylilies and the only solution is to pick off and destroy(don't put in compost) all infected buds to prevent the grubs falling to the ground overwintering and starting the cycle again next year, it doesn't affect all early varieties some are pretty resilient, if you open the buds you'll find the tiny white grubs inside only around 3mm long though so too small to photograph, you lucky things not having this pest :-))
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ughhh looks nasty Kathy;0(
26 Jun, 2012
Yes we have it, not all but at least three plants......
26 Jun, 2012
Nasty little blighters , lucky it doesn't affect your later ones as well Kathy !
27 Jun, 2012
Glad you found it useful Wylie, anything that looks suspect comes off :-)
Its a pain Carole good job the season for its soon over.
Oh dear DD, suppose the only solution is not to grow earlies but that seems a shame as there are so many lovely ones :-)
Think I'd cry if it did Amy :-)
28 Jun, 2012
Simbad
I think I may have that nnnnooooooo
I will take a photo
Gg
3 Jul, 2012
Oh no Gg, nearly the end of the gall midge season thank goodness, I haven't found any for a few days now.
7 Jul, 2012
Thanks. It gives a different perspective to what it looks like. If I only used photos from the AHS, I would have missed some of the ways it looks.
Since all my daylilies are either from seed or came as bareroots, hopefully I will miss out on this.
26 Jun, 2012