by "0tterbot" <spl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 7, 2008 at 03:52 AM
"0tterbot" <spl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:0scKj.6592$n8.1724@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 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
sigh. let me try that again.
i second that it sounds like mealy bug, OR woolly aphid. if the o.p. can
smear a bit & there's purple, it's _woolly aphid_ for sure. (i'm not sure
what colour you get if you smear mealy bug!)
mealy bug looks more bug-like on close inspection (they are bigger).
woolly
aphid tends to just look like dots or clumps of bizarre fluff, until
you've
seen them once & recognise them. afaik, treatment is the same anyway -
white
oil.
kylie
