Posted by Dinsdale Pirana on April 5, 2008, 10:42 pm
Can anybody identify a thing which has taken up residence in my
recently plannted hedge of Acmena Smithii minor (I think that is right
its a Lily Pily)
Near the junction of a stem is a a white fluffy cobweb type of thing.
Not really like a cobweb but not like fungus either.
On close inspection it seems to contain a lot of small white dots
slightly less than a mm long so I could be the eggs of something.
Any ideas? and what can I do to get rid of it permanently (or don't I
need to?)
Regards
Dinsy
Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - Lucretius
Posted by David Hare-Scott on April 6, 2008, 2:38 am
> Can anybody identify a thing which has taken up residence in my
> recently plannted hedge of Acmena Smithii minor (I think that is right
> its a Lily Pily)
> Near the junction of a stem is a a white fluffy cobweb type of thing.
> Not really like a cobweb but not like fungus either.
> On close inspection it seems to contain a lot of small white dots
> slightly less than a mm long so I could be the eggs of something.
> Any ideas? and what can I do to get rid of it permanently (or don't I
> need to?)
> Regards
> Dinsy
> Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - Lucretius
Sounds like mealy bug. Google for some pictures and see if that is it.
David
Posted by 0tterbot on April 6, 2008, 6:49 pm
>>
>> Can anybody identify a thing which has taken up residence in my
>> recently plannted hedge of Acmena Smithii minor (I think that is right
>> its a Lily Pily)
>>
>> Near the junction of a stem is a a white fluffy cobweb type of thing.
>> Not really like a cobweb but not like fungus either.
>>
>> On close inspection it seems to contain a lot of small white dots
>> slightly less than a mm long so I could be the eggs of something.
>>
>> Any ideas? and what can I do to get rid of it permanently (or don't I
>> need to?)
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Dinsy
>>
>> Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - Lucretius
> Sounds like mealy bug. Google for some pictures and see if that is it.
i second it sounds like mealy bug. the o.p. can smear a bit - if there is
purple there under the fluff, it's mealy bug for sure.
kylie
Posted by 0tterbot on April 6, 2008, 11:52 pm
>> Sounds like mealy bug. Google for some pictures and see if that is it.
> i second it sounds like mealy bug. the o.p. can smear a bit - if there is
> purple there under the fluff, it's mealy bug for sure.
> kylie
sigh. let me try that again.
i second that it sounds like mealy bug, OR woolly aphid. if the o.p. can
smear a bit & there's purple, it's _woolly aphid_ for sure. (i'm not sure
what colour you get if you smear mealy bug!)
mealy bug looks more bug-like on close inspection (they are bigger). woolly
aphid tends to just look like dots or clumps of bizarre fluff, until you've
seen them once & recognise them. afaik, treatment is the same anyway - white
oil.
kylie
Posted by Dinsdale Pirana on April 8, 2008, 6:29 am
aus.gardens:
>>> Sounds like mealy bug. Google for some pictures and see if that is it.
>>
>> i second it sounds like mealy bug. the o.p. can smear a bit - if there is
>> purple there under the fluff, it's mealy bug for sure.
>> kylie
Thanks for all your suggestions. I have some white oil left from a
previous problem so I will try that.
Thanks
Regards
Dinsy
Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - Lucretius
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> recently plannted hedge of Acmena Smithii minor (I think that is right
> its a Lily Pily)
> Near the junction of a stem is a a white fluffy cobweb type of thing.
> Not really like a cobweb but not like fungus either.
> On close inspection it seems to contain a lot of small white dots
> slightly less than a mm long so I could be the eggs of something.
> Any ideas? and what can I do to get rid of it permanently (or don't I
> need to?)
> Regards
> Dinsy
> Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - Lucretius