Pest/bug in hedge plants

[Dinsdale Pirana]

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

[David Hare-Scott]

"Dinsdale Pirana" > wrote in message
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>
> 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

[0tterbot]

"David Hare-Scott" > wrote in message
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>
> "Dinsdale Pirana" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> 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

[0tterbot]

"0tterbot" > wrote in message
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>> 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

[Dinsdale Pirana]

On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:52:50 GMT, "0tterbot" > wrote in
aus.gardens:

>"0tterbot" > wrote in message
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>>> 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