Not a welcome visitor

[iann]

Armoured crickets do major damage to Lithops in habitat, but I was surprised to spot this visitor in the greenhouse. It didn't seem hungry, but I evicted it anyway.

[el48tel]

Was that .... evicted .... cast out into the world to become the lunch for a predator? Or ...... squelched?

[rodsmith]

It's a grasshopper. Quite a rarity these days.

[iann]

Almost as rare as a house that has grass these days? I sent it off to find some grass. It might have been happy to eat mites or mealies, but fingers crossed I haven't go any and I didn't want to test whether it is partial to Lithops.

[rodsmith]

Almost as rare as a house that has grass these days? I sent it off to find some grass. It might have been happy to eat mites or mealies, but fingers crossed I haven't go any and I didn't want to test whether it is partial to Lithops.

[gerald]

My greenhouse door & vents have an insect-proof mesh across them at all times

No unwelcome visitors

[iann]

My greenhouse door & vents have an insect-proof mesh across them at all times

No unwelcome visitors

I'm small, but I can't get through the mesh This week has been a pesky leafcutter bee digging holes in the bottom of various pots. They are persistent and won't be deterred!

[ralphrmartin]

My greenhouse door & vents have an insect-proof mesh across them at all times

I'd imagine that impedes the ventilation quite a` lot...

[rodsmith]

My greenhouse door & vents have an insect-proof mesh across them at all times

No unwelcome visitors

This week has been a pesky leafcutter bee digging holes in the bottom of various pots. They are persistent and won't be deterred!

I had a persistent leafcutter bee digging a hole in one of my pots several years ago. Fascinating to watch but a real nuisance. They have an unerring ability to find their pot. Even if I moved it, the bee found it.