Garden Pests and Diseases: What is this?!, 1 by konkreteblond

konkreteblond wrote:
I have this pest every year on several things. Usually it's on the lantana, but this year they are on zinnias, goldenrod, yarrow, marigolds, gazanias, almost everything! The plants they are on start loosing color in their leaves, turning yellow. I thought it was just the heat or lack of rain. :(

I thought they were just some sort of mealy bug, because just looking at them with my eye (and bad contacts) they look like fuzzy bugs. Well, with new contacts and a magnifying lens I found that they are not mealy bugs. They are actually a very tiny insect with 6 legs and 2 wings. They are very tiny, have a little hump sort of thing on their back (before the wings) and have brown horizontal stripes.

The insecticidal soap kills them, but they multiply fast. If I can identify them I might know what to use to permanently get rid of them. I found a Lantana lacebug that looks similar. I will try and get a better pic later.