MEALY BUGS MAKING MEAL OUT OF CACTUS.(GARDENING Q&A)(LIFE)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  November 27, 2004 ;     322 words ......cottony-looking blotches. I think they're called mealy bugs. How do I save my plant? A. Several species...mealy bug) can be found feeding on cacti. Mealy bugs damage plants by sucking sap, which causes...below the plant. Where practical, wipe mealy bugs off the plant with a damp ...

Tufts Are Mealy Bugs

Albuquerque Journal;  February 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ......The description Fuzzy tufts to me says mealy bugs! They are one of the most destructive...that is showing "tufts" into isolation. Mealy bugs can spread like wildfire so if they are...theory you have removed all of the adult mealy bugs. If the pots are moveable take them to...

Fuzzy Tufts Are Mealy Bugs

Albuquerque Journal;  February 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ......The description Fuzzy tufts to me says mealy bugs! They are one of the most destructive...that is showing "tufts" into isolation. Mealy bugs can spread like wildfire so if they are...theory you have removed all of the adult mealy bugs. If the pots are moveable take them to...

RELAX! YOU CAN STILL PLANT BULBS OUTDOORS.(SPOTLIGHT ON HOME AND...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  January 13, 1996 ;     545 words ......is being attacked by tiny pests called mealy bugs. A severe infestation can weaken the plant and cause severe stress and leaf drop. Mealy bugs produce waxy filaments that cover their...yet laborious ways, to help eliminate mealy bugs is to use rubbing alcohol on a cotton...

Not all crape myrtles grow same color or into same shape

Oakland Tribune;  January 31, 2004 ;     539 words ......get rid of it? A. This sure sounds like mealy bugs. However, you can always take a sample...the area with somebody or something. Mealy bugs are sucking insects like aphids. They...sticky residue produced by the bugs. The mealy bugs are found inside the white stuff. The...

Gardening: Pest masters; FORGET CHEMICALS - USE A BUG TO CATCH A...

The Mirror (London, England);  May 25, 1999 ;     528 words ......the red spider mite - even its eggs. Mealy bugs COMMON on houseplants and in conservatories, mealy bugs are found clustered in out-of-the-way...young munch their way through lots of mealy bugs. Especially useful because mealy bugs...

`MOLD' ON THAT INDOOR PALM PLANT COULD BE MEALY BUGS OR SCALE.(Life and...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 17, 2005 ;     572 words ......Instead of mold, that white stuff could be mealy bugs or cottony scale. Mildew and mold will look like a fine white powder, while mealy bugs and scale have a bumpy, cottony texture...rubbing alcohol can clean out scale and mealy bugs that hide in the crotch of the branches...

Gardening: Q & A.(Features)

Sunday Mirror (London, England);  April 7, 2002 ;     235 words ......Geoff McDonald, Haslemere, Surrey ADRIENNE SAYS: The pests are mealy bugs. They feed on plant sap and usually congregate around the...feeding and this can encourage sooty mould fungus to grow. Mealy bugs crawl slowly from plant to plant and breed all-year round...

OAK TREE'S DISCHARGE NOT SERIOUS.(LIFE)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  July 25, 1998 ;     331 words ......stuff on the stems and thought I had mealy bugs, but when I went to squash it, it jumped. I have never known mealy bugs to jump. Am I dealing with a different...disturbed, whereas the wooly aphids and mealy bugs are more sedentary. Normally, they...

Civilized garden is no place for beautiful invader

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 23, 2002 ;     678 words ......leaves get sticky, form webs and attract mealy bugs. When moved outdoors, they attract lots...you have mites (the webbing) as well as mealy bugs. The clear sticky substance is called...on the environment. Spot treat visible mealy bugs with a cotton swap dipped in alcohol...

CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION IN LOS ANGELES INTERCEPT NEW PEST IN PLANT...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 29, 2008 ;     364 words ......Delottococcus aberiae, two different types of mealy bugs. Metalasia muricata is described as tough...Los Angeles office of field operations. Mealy bugs feed on plant juices and are destructive...fruit trees. It is essential that the mealy bugs are killed promptly when discovered...

My lemon tree isn't very pretty; The Beechgrove Garden's Carolyn Spray...

Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland);  December 8, 2002 ;     260 words ......the lemons are dropping off because the plant is stressed. The small beasties are mealy bugs. In summer, spray it with an insecticide suitable for mealy bugs. Q MY honeysuckle had very few flowers this year. It is on a north wall and gets little...

RHAPSODY IN BLUE AND PURPLE IS HERE.(U)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  June 8, 2002 ;     466 words ......indestructible in full to half-day sun. Two problems associated with this plant are snails and mealy bugs (sticky, cottony white insects). To prevent mealy bugs from nesting, thin out your clumps of agapanthus on a regular basis. One of the most heat-lovi...

CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AGRICULTURE SPECIALIST FINDS MEALY BUGS IN...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 26, 2007 ;     312 words ......were infested by a destructive plant pest commonly known as Mealy bugs. A sample was collected and sent to USDA entomologists for...Kevin W. Weeks, director of Field Operations, Los Angeles. Mealy bugs feed on plant juices and are destructive especially for greenhouses...

DON'T GIVE MEALY BUGS A CHANCE TO FEED.(Life and Arts)(NORTHWEST GARDENS)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 25, 2007 ;     166 words ......to lose the tree. - G.C., Mill Creek M.B.: Cottonlike blobs in the crotch of leaf and stem branches are probably signs of mealy bugs. They suck the lifeblood right out of your houseplants, so take charge now. Dip a cotton swab in rubbing alcohol and start...