bugs on bouganvilla plant crawling with white flies

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uglymotherpluck st Thomas, Virgin Islands (USA) Mar 23, 2013

We have a white fly infestation and I have been spraying soapy water and hydrogen peroxide on the undersides of the leaves with no luck. I clipped off a few of the more covered leaves and saw these little bugs crawling over the white fly larva, I don't know if they are beneficial or another pest? They look a bit like assasin bugs- greyish brown. We don't want to use insecticides but really need help to get them under control. I'd really like to know what bugs harm and what bugs help.

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gasrocks Portage, WI(Zone 5a) Mar 24, 2013

Certified organic spray - Azamax.

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uglymotherpluck st Thomas, Virgin Islands (USA) Mar 25, 2013

does this spray smell bad? does it kill only white flies? can it be used on vegetables?

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gasrocks Portage, WI(Zone 5a) Mar 25, 2013

http://generalhydroponics.com/site/gh/docs/prod_labels/AzaMaxLbl.pdf

Does not harm Honeybees or Lady bugs. Does not smell. Meant to use on veg. Works very well. Gene

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Mar 26, 2013

Does it really not smell? The active in it is derived from neem oil which I don't like the smell of. Of course since it's an isolated/purified form maybe the smelly components got taken out. I'd use this if it really is less smelly.

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gasrocks Portage, WI(Zone 5a) Mar 27, 2013

Smell or lack of smell, safety, matters to me as well. I have about 1400 plants in my house. And, a 125 gal fish tank. Years past I gave up on some sprays due to the smell. Have been using Azamax for a while now. No smell that I can detect. Plus, I now have no bugs. I did have some spider mites, mealybugs, scale and lots of fungus gnats. No more. I was very skeptical but it does seem to work.

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