Strange bugs on Blackcurrants
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We have some wierd things living on one of our blackcurrant bushes!
I have enclosed the only pjhoto I could find of it on the web, but it had no discription, so am still in the dark. It looks abit like the shell of a wood louse, but under it is a thick lump of what appears to be white gloop, but when it is disturbed, the white bit pulls out like sticky silk/candyfloss fibre. Any suggestions, eradications, and if there are any natural predators we can introduce instead. ThanX Glenys Sheffield UK |
Strange bugs on Blackcurrants
Glenys wrote:
We have some wierd things living on one of our blackcurrant bushes! I have enclosed the only pjhoto I could find of it on the web, but it had no discription, so am still in the dark. It looks abit like the shell of a wood louse, but under it is a thick lump of what appears to be white gloop, but when it is disturbed, the white bit pulls out like sticky silk/candyfloss fibre. Any suggestions, eradications, and if there are any natural predators we can introduce instead. ThanX Glenys Sheffield UK +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Filename: Untitled-1.jpg | Download: http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=16011| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ The photo isn't very close but from your description I would say mealy bug. You need a contact insecticed with a soap or detergent to get through the goo or a systemic as they are sap suckers. On a small plant, eg house plants in pots, you can get them with a cotton bud dipped in metholated spirits. Apparently there is now a natural control agent Verticillium lecanii (a kind of fungus) but I have never used it and I don't know what name it is marketed under. Perhaps ask your local nursery. D |
Strange bugs on Blackcurrants
Glenys said:
We have some wierd things living on one of our blackcurrant bushes! I have enclosed the only pjhoto I could find of it on the web, but it had no discription, so am still in the dark. It looks abit like the shell of a wood louse, but under it is a thick lump of what appears to be white gloop, but when it is disturbed, the white bit pulls out like sticky silk/candyfloss fibre. Any suggestions, eradications, and if there are any natural predators we can introduce instead. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: Untitled-1.jpg | |Download: http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php attachmentid=16011| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Hard to tell as the photo is small, but I am thinking it's cottony cushion scale. http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7410.html -- Pat in Plymouth MI "Yes, swooping is bad." email valid but not regularly monitored |
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Glenys writes: We have some wierd things living on one of our blackcurrant bushes! I have enclosed the only pjhoto I could find of it on the web, but it had no discription, so am still in the dark. That picture seems to be from this thread: http://www.kitchengarden.co.uk/forum...ic.php?p=12661 Guesses there are scale and wooly aphid. It looks abit like the shell of a wood louse, but under it is a thick lump of what appears to be white gloop, but when it is disturbed, the white bit pulls out like sticky silk/candyfloss fibre. Any suggestions, eradications, and if there are any natural predators we can introduce instead. ThanX Glenys Sheffield UK +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: Untitled-1.jpg | |Download: http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=16011| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Glenys -- Drew Lawson | I told them we had learned to change | our swordblades into plows. | I told them they should learn from us | what should I tell them now? |
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