CLOSED: Tiny White Fuzzy Guys on Crape Myrtle

Denton, TX(Zone 8a)

I found these guys absolutely swarming my crape myrtle today. They're especially on the new growth and the pencil-thin branches with leaves, but also congregating on the truck in crevices.

This image has two insets. One is from a distance and the other is as close up as I could get. Sorry, no macro lens, so the closeup is particularly blurry, but I hope you can see it. the look a bit like white furry sow bugs, or caterpillars. Most aren't moving, but a few are moving along, and they seem to be inching rather than crawling.

What do I have here?

Thumbnail by CarloInTX
Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a)

That is a Mealybug in the family Pseudococcidae, possibly Pseudococcus calceolariae: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/1553/

Kennedy

Denton, TX(Zone 8a)

I'm pretty sure that's it. Thanks.

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