"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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"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.

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