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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Mystery Seed of the Week 71
Another plant with small blackish seeds. Even worse, the photographs didn’t turn out well because I was trying to take them right before dark. Does the seed head help? Do you recognize this plant? Edit: The answer is now posted.
Seed of the Week: Oriental Poppies
The mystery seeds from last week were from oriental poppies, Papaver orientale. Perhaps if I showed the seeds from a poppy seed bagel it would have been easier to guess, although I understand those poppy seeds are from another species … Continue reading
Bug of the Week: Armyworm
What is eating the cowpea? After seeing the leaves with holes and then leaves missing, I finally spotted the culprit. Looks like some sort of armyworm, genus Spodoptera. Almost looks like this aphid is curious about it, too.
