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[IBC] Please help to identify a bug
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My European birch is in trouble. I recently noticed that leafs on some branches were turning yellow. After the close examination I noticed small (about 5 mm ) black bugs with orange back and 6 orange legs. It has a little tail with many tiny lags on it. What is it? Thank you, Olga __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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Olga wrote:
Hello, My European birch is in trouble. I recently noticed that leafs on some branches were turning yellow. After the close examination I noticed small (about 5 mm ) black bugs with orange back and 6 orange legs. It has a little tail with many tiny lags on it. What is it? Thank you, Olga If there are LOTS of them, it's an aphid. If there are a few, or some, it probably is a scale insect of some kind. A HARD spray of water into the leaves should get rid of an aphid infestation. Scale needs to be picked off, though a spray with pyrethrins in it should also help (with either). These are "sucking insects" as indicated by the yellowing leaves. They suck juices out of the plant. This is opposed to "chewing insects" which eat chunks out of the leaves. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Kevin Bailey++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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