Blotchy black patches...

Called "honey dew" and left over from the secretions made by the wooly aphids on my pyracantha bush. I got rid of the bugs by spraying them with dish soap. The branches will have to be pruned back, but hoping not until the berries turn bright red first.

Nine years ago today - https://365project.org/marlboromaam/365/2011-09-16

[Esther Rosenberg]

Great details. Hopefully the berrie will ripe soon.

[Mags]

@dutchothotmailcom Thank you! Will be a while yet. =)

[Diana]

Fabulous shot of the berries and gorgeous bokeh.

[Dione Giorgio]

I agree with you, the berries are beautiful only when they turn red or rippen. Good way to clean the bush from bugs; much better and healthy then a pesticide.

[Mags]

@ludwigsdiana Thanks very much, Diana!

[Mags]

@sangwann Thanks, Dione! Always better to google what to do first, but I'll know the next time I see any.

[Peter Dulis]

lovely capture ...

[Taffy]

Wonderful work with all the greens.

[sarah]

Hopefully those berries will turn that beautiful red

[Mags]

@pdulis Thanks, Peter!

[Mags]

@taffy Thank you!

[Mags]

@samae Hope so, Sarah! Thanks!

[Margaret Brown]

Nice bokeh and light
Yes please feel free to pin today’s photo and yes it’s lived in as normal.

[Santina]

great shot of these beautiful berries, I hope to see them when they are beautiful red

[Mags]

@craftymeg Thank you, Margaret!

[Mags]

@santina Me too. Thank you, Santina!

[Lee]

The birds will soon devour them when they're ripe. Good shot.

[Mags]

@gamelee They will! Thanks, Lee!

[Maggiemae]

The berries make nice little bokeh in the background! Dishwater is a good treatment!

[Mags]

@maggiemae Thanks, Maggiemae!

[Larry Steager]

Great capture, dish soap seems to work on most pests and much safer for the environment.

[Mags]

@larrysphotos Thanks, Larry! Doesn't seem to work very well on spider mites, but it got rid of the wooly aphids. =)