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    What the "Chuffin"

    Hi all!

    Anyone shed any light as to what these little beggers are?

    Have "Gurgled" but no definative answer outcomed!



    All over the "Sweet Corn" and decimated a couple of cobs, if these were the actual culprits!

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    Look like juvenile brassica bugs to me.
    We have something very similar in a multitude of colours and I'm not sure how much damage they actually do, although I do have a rotting cabbages thread going at the moment ...
    I've only seen them on the brassicas, btw.

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    Last edited by PyreneesPlot; 13-09-2015, 01:16 PM. Reason: more info
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    • #3
      Shield bugs, but not sure if these are the culprits,
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      • #4
        Some sort of Shield bug ? British Bugs Gallery Pentatomoidea - Shieldbugs

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        • #5
          I gathered it was a "Shield Bug" which then in turn made me think the same as "roitelet" they are not the actual culprit!

          Just have to keep an eye out!

          Cheers Guys!

          Oh VC! Don't leg it! Your pretty good at idenyfiying things, gis a mo!
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          • #6
            Shield bugs could very well be the culprit, Deano. They are sap suckers, and it is thought that they interrupt pollination because they can damage the silk channels (down which the pollen travels), before the kernels start to develop. In the US they are called stink bugs.

            Have a read of this

            UD researchers look at sweet corn damage caused by stink bugs
            Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
            Endless wonder.

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            • #7
              Hi Deano, I harvested a cob today & as I peeled back the leaves, an earwig fell out, about 3/4 in total, one in each leaf...............could these be resposible?
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              • #8
                I always have loads of shield bugs at the plot and they never seem to cause any harm

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post
                  ... an earwig fell out, about 3/4 in total, one in each leaf
                  Reminds me of an old joke, what's worse that finding an earwig in your sweetcorn? Finding 3/4 of an earwig in your sweetcorn.....

                  A very old joke...

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by mothhawk View Post
                    Shield bugs could very well be the culprit, Deano. They are sap suckers, and it is thought that they interrupt pollination because they can damage the silk channels (down which the pollen travels), before the kernels start to develop. In the US they are called stink bugs.
                    Cheers MH for that! Yeah now thinking they maybe the culprit!

                    Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post
                    Hi Deano, I harvested a cob today & as I peeled back the leaves, an earwig fell out, about 3/4 in total, one in each leaf...............could these be resposible?
                    Ya know what BM, I aint seen a single earwig this year! But then again, I ain't planted a single Dahlia! But cheers "Big Man"

                    Originally posted by Chippy Minton View Post
                    Reminds me of an old joke, what's worse that finding an earwig in your sweetcorn? Finding 3/4 of an earwig in your sweetcorn.....

                    A very old joke...
                    n "Chippy" Thanks but "No Thanks"



                    Once again all! Thanks for your input!
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                    • #11
                      I've got loads of earwigs this year and they love the sweetcorn silks and hiding inbetween cob leaves, but don't seem to eat the cob itself
                      What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?
                      Pumpkin pi.

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                      • #12
                        I've had trouble with earwigs on corn too, they can devastate it.
                        I think the shield bugs are getting unfairly blamed whatever the marmorated version do in Delaware!

                        Good luck!

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                        • #13
                          Cheers Clod!

                          I did actually gathered a few for my gardening buddy this weekend gone as he was having a family BBQ, although a tad unripe on the ends! He said they were gorgeous! Smothered in garlic butter! Hoo! The Thought of it just dripping down my chin! He ain't getting the next batch!
                          Last edited by Deano's "Diggin It"; 21-09-2015, 06:40 PM.
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