by "David Hare-Scott" <compost@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 6, 2008 at 04:38 PM
"Dinsdale Pirana" <Dinsdale@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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.
David
