I feed our stink bugs to the chickens, but I don't think they're the same as yours. I'm pretty sure they don't spray and I've never seen them in the numbers you have there! The joys of a tropical climate, I guess.
My biggest pest on my orange tree is scale. I'm constantly scraping it off, thinking I've got it under control, then it's back the following year. Thankfully I've only had leaf miner once on it. I recall warnings from other gardeners a few years back to look out for gall wasp signs, when it somehow got brought in from Queensland. I've not heard anything since, though, so they mustn't thrive in our dry climate.
yeah leaf miner is just DREADFUL and gross. makes the whole plant look diseased. (which it is )
I didn't want to risk getting sprayed by anything (or the chickens) so i washed them to the concrete then sprayed them (to try not put chemicals on my tree.
Yep tropical queensland its joyful. Today it is 30 degrees in my bedroom and its 6pm. lol. its been warm.
Oh nice! I bet it's super humid too! I really struggle when we get humidity with the high temperatures, but thankfully it's rare here. We had a freak 40 degree day on Friday, but were back down in the mid 20s on Saturday, so it's nice at the moment.
yeah... i just bought dehumidifiers for the house as i feel that is a good thing... i got humidity monitors and 70% is just revolting... so now i can try bring it down to like 50% humiditiy... if possible