This Week in the Garden BONUS

BONUS

Last week we shared a picture of something unknown on a clematis branch. If you didn’t see it yet, check out the photo in this post.

Did you look? What do you think?

Those are katydid eggs. Katydids are more closely related to crickets than to any type of grasshopper. You may find some feeding on leaves and flowers in your garden or on your potted plants, especially in late summer, but they won’t cause your plants significant damage. In our area katydids overwinter as eggs. Females deposit eggs in soil, plant stems (like this clematis branch!) or tree bark in late summer or fall. The adults die off, and the following spring the eggs hatch.

Learn more:

Katydids

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You can reach Julie, your local horticulture educator at 262-741-4958 or julie.hill@wisc.edu or use our online form: go.wisc.edu/PlantQ