Little white fuzzy bugs
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Marco
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bwester said:
uh oh... mealys? never seen little white fuzzy bugs but I've seen pictures of pests and it sounds like a mealy.
I'm not sure though. I'm sure someone that knows more on this will put in their 2 cents
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couscous74
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There's some pics of mealy bugs here. I recently threw out a hibiscus that was infested with these.
http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/orn/mealybug/mealybug.htm
http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/orn/mealybug/mealybug.htm
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I'd bet they're mealies. Mealies suck (literally!) but they aren't as bad as some things and if it isn't too bad an infestation they are easy peasy to erradicate. I prefer the alcohol saturated q-tip or cotton pad method myself. You do need to really make sure you get them all and keep checking.
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I'm a bit too lazy to do the spot eradication method with q-tips and cotton pads. I put my suspect plants in the shower and grab my bottle of Safer's Soap and just spray everything down. That way the stuff gets into the little nooks and crannies. Rinse and repeat every week for 3 weeks just to safe.
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okay, but I had Safer's issues.
(they get you by putting "safer" in the name!)
I almost killed three plants w/ "Safer's" I still contend this is what set back my dianthum which hasn't bloomed in two years.
I'd like to take this opportunity to officially nominate Brian (likespaphs) as our resident "bug guy". (May I do that? I hope so.) He's a genius when it comes to killing bugs nicely. He runs the integrative pest management program at a prominant northeastern conservatory. Yippee!
Go Brian!
(they get you by putting "safer" in the name!)
I almost killed three plants w/ "Safer's" I still contend this is what set back my dianthum which hasn't bloomed in two years.
I'd like to take this opportunity to officially nominate Brian (likespaphs) as our resident "bug guy". (May I do that? I hope so.) He's a genius when it comes to killing bugs nicely. He runs the integrative pest management program at a prominant northeastern conservatory. Yippee!
Go Brian!
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Heather said:
This is from someone who thinks Superthrive is bad for plants...
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couscous74 said:This is from someone who thinks Superthrive is bad for plants...
Who, me?
I use ST, I don't think it is bad at all if used in moderation....helps to down pH if you have that issue (I do!!!)
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Heather said:
I second the nomination for Brian.
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Jmoney
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how little and how fuzzy? I get springtails from time to time, and the larvae look like maggots...but only 1 mm in length.
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howdy, folks.
white and fuzzy is often citrus mealybugs. long tailled mealies don't make the cottony sacks, which are the eggs sacks. in a large enough area, one can use either citrus mealybug parasitiods (parasitiods are like parasites, but parasites don't kill their hosts, parasitiods do...) or a beetle called, appropriately, mealybug destroyers (Cryptolamous montrezeri, or a similar spelling). also, lacewing larvae are effective, actually, more so than crypts as crypts often take off before all the mealybugs are gone.
white and fuzzy is often citrus mealybugs. long tailled mealies don't make the cottony sacks, which are the eggs sacks. in a large enough area, one can use either citrus mealybug parasitiods (parasitiods are like parasites, but parasites don't kill their hosts, parasitiods do...) or a beetle called, appropriately, mealybug destroyers (Cryptolamous montrezeri, or a similar spelling). also, lacewing larvae are effective, actually, more so than crypts as crypts often take off before all the mealybugs are gone.
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couscous74 said:
were they really pink hibiscus mealies? they're fairly new 'round here.
i'd say consider yourself lucky, but...
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couscous74
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Sorry, I didn't know what kind of mealies I had. They all look the same to me...
I just picked that page coz there were decent shots of what mealies looked like
I just picked that page coz there were decent shots of what mealies looked like
