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Apr 6, 2008 at 10:49 PM
"David Hare-Scott" <compost@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "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
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> 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
