Emrys Davies wrote:
:: "Phil L" wrote in message
:: . uk...
::: I have discovered two of my plants[1] have some weird bugs on the
::: stems, these resemble woodlice but do not have legs, almost like
::: limpets, they don't seem to move at all, they are approx 6 - 9mm
::: in length and about half as wide, when squashed they are mostly
::: water, they have no eyes, tentacles, feelers or any other
::: protrusions, I've posted 3 small jpegs in the newsgroup
::: alt.binaries.pictures.gardens.
:::
::: [1] I don't know what the plants are neither, only that they are
::: woody stemmed, have multicoloured yellow and green (variegated?)
::: waxy leaves and thrive under almost any conditions, except with
::: these things on
:: them! -
::: there's an unsightly black deposit on some of the leves and stems
::: although you can't really see it from the pictures, I just took a
::: few snaps - if someone can ID the plants, the pests may be
::: identifiable from there.
:::
::: TIA!
:::
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::: If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us
::: stomachs.
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:: Maybe mealybug
::
:: http://www.upenn.edu/paflora/plantclinic/mealybugs.htm
::
:: http://www.olympichort.com/mealybug_scale.html
::

Them's 'em....black sooty deposit on leaves etc.
I'll give them a blast with soapy water tomorrow, thanks for the speedy
reply...any idea what the plants are?


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