Mystery Bug- Bean Plataspid, Megacopta cribraria
**Since posting this blog, I’ve learned that the smaller beetle is the Plataspid Beetle, native to China and discovered here in the US last October. The larger bug is the Florida Predatory Stink...
View ArticleCicada Killers!
Last year was my first encounter with these very large flying insects! They’re a bit menacing and loud – like a B-52 bomber. They were digging tunnels in my garden squares and I saw them flying with...
View ArticleSaddleback Caterpillar
We had our first encounter with this menacing little caterpillar while we were picking Elderberries. Lauren was reaching for a bunch of berries when all of a sudden she quickly pulled back her hand...
View ArticleDo You Know this Caterpillar??
Thanks to Sandi – this is the larva for the Pandorus Sphinx Moth (Eumorpha pandorus) Yesterday I was weeding in the garden and found this caterpillar on the Bee Balm plant. I’d not seen this kind...
View ArticleNarceus Americanus Millipede
Over the weekend, a friend and I went hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The trail we took was covered with a canopy of trees and wound its way along the river. We each had a camera so it was …...
View ArticleQuick! Get a Jar!
A few weeks ago I was walking with a couple of families on a Homestead Tour here at the farm. We were headed to the orchard when this wonderful creature was spotted meandering across our driveway....
View ArticleAll Day Garden Workshop – April 2, 2011
Class fee: Early registration – $50 per person After March 1st – $60 per person **There is a class limit of 30 Please contact Cyndi@thelazybfarm.com to register for this workshop or call 770-289-2301...
View ArticleGarden Walk – May 13, 2011
This year I tried something new with my cucumbers. I’d seen in a book where the person had used a bed frame as a trellis. Only it was a horizontal trellis. This is a left-over bunk bed frame. The...
View ArticleLady Bug Look-alike but it’s a Colorado Potato Beetle
I was out in the garden and noticed this bug on my tomato plants. At first, I thought it was a Lady Bug metamorphasizing. But it’s not. I’m not sure what it is actually. They remind me of a tick …...
View ArticleMystery Bug
Several days ago, I posted a picture of a bug, a really tiny bug, but the picture off my iphone was fuzzy. These aren’t I’ve searched to identify it but can’t find anything so I’ll put it out here...
View ArticleMystery Bug
Several days ago, I posted a picture of a bug, a really tiny bug, but the picture off my iphone was fuzzy. These aren’t 🙂 I’ve searched to identify it but can’t find anything so I’ll put it out here...
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