Thank you all for your help....and your patience. Now I have some idea of what is going on with the fritillarias. Hopefully, I’ll be showing some blooming plants in no time. Alcie On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 11:36 AM Arnold Trachtenberg <arnold140@verizon.net> wrote: > Alcie: > > I think Rimmer was correct in saying that a cold snap could have caused > the leaf die back. > > > > > > > > Arnold Trachtenberg > arnold140@verizon.net > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alcie M. <alciemaxwell@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Sent: Sun, Apr 15, 2018 9:05 am > Subject: Re: [pbs] Bugs on Crinum and Fritillaria > > Hello Arnold, > > This is all a little embarrassing. When digging through the plants to get > a picture of the culprit bugs, I learned that most of the "bugs" were dried > seedpods from the crape myrtle tree that is overhead. However, I did find > the bug in the attached picture hidden in the mix. > > This all started because I noticed my fritillarias dying. They are the two > plants with the yellowing leaves in the center of the attached picture. > > Alcie > > > On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 5:30 PM, Arnold Trachtenberg < > arnold140@verizon.net> > wrote: > > > Hi Alcie: > > > > Could you get a photo of the entire bug. > > > > If you dare place on a white sheet of paper. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Arnold > > > > NJ > > > > > > > > > > > > Arnold Trachtenberg > > arnold140@verizon.net > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alcie M. <alciemaxwell@gmail.com> > > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > Sent: Sat, Apr 14, 2018 1:20 pm > > Subject: [pbs] Bugs on Crinum and Fritillaria > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > Could you all help me identify the bugs that are decimating my Crinum > Ellen > > Bosanquet and Fritillarias? > > > > They look like a beetle of some sort. I checked the wiki, but none of > the > > insects seemed to match. > > > > For what it's worth, I'm in northwest Louisiana, USA. Zone 8b. > > > > I have included some pictures. > > > > Alcie > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: IMG_6859-small.jpg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 595720 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > 20180414/9ccf4339/attachment.jpg> > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: IMG_6861-small.jpg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 322669 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > 20180414/9ccf4339/attachment-0001.jpg> > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: IMG_6860-small.jpg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 234589 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > 20180414/9ccf4339/attachment-0002.jpg> > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: IMG_6871-small.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 437986 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: IMG_6873-small.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 598535 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > -- Sent from mobile device. Please forgive any typos. _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…