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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

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Pale blue flowers and, eventually, inflated calyx's along with branching stems make Indian Tobacco easy to identify. Indian Tobacco is a member of the Lobelia family.
And a Lace bug - one of the 150 species in North America - posed nicely for a picture. These tiny little bugs feed on the underside of leaves which may cause white spots on the upper surface. Many Lace Bug species are host specific feeding on only one kind of plant.
John
Indian tobacco

close up of Indian Tobacco

Lace Bug magnified 10 X

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