Tricia wrote:
: Linda wrote:
: : My beloved has just found some webby stuff on a small melaleuca
: : that he thinks he has heard of before that is a mite, not a
: : spider. Reckons he heard the name of it years ago as Cy.......
: : something - but cannot find a reference. Sounds like Ciforia or
: : something like that.
: :
: : Help!!!!!!!!!!
: :
: : Linda
:
: Snip off the web material and dispose in rubbish bin
:
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: Tricia

Oh and the pest is probably the webbing caterpillar.
http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/melaleuc.html
See reference just above "Some Selected Species"

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Tricia