LOL....this is so cute and funny! I've never ever seen anything like it. I was looking at my Moonflower Vine and found it. It is so tiny, I would say about 1/16 of an inch with little white (not like a cat) spikes. Any ideas?
Here it is on DH's finger.
mealy bug!!! kill it
Help - I have these in my salvia, and on my eggplant. What's the best way to get rid of them??????
Machine gun, grenade, shotgun, flame-thrower - whatever you have to!! These guys are pains!!
(I actually use Safer's Soap and it works well.)
OMG...it's bad??? And I thought it was cute! Ughhhhh, it's the first I've ever seen! What do they do?
I am sure you are about to see many more!!! They add snow all over your plants!! like flocking!!
lol
Well dang!!! I'm really bummed now....do I use Safer's Soap like Carter said? I don't have that....I'll go look to see if I have anything for a Mealy Bug! Thanks you guys....I know I'm dense when it comes to all these new critters!
Chill everybody...its a cryptomeria a mealy bug predator..they look just like mealybugs.....only notice the Horns around the edges.And its bigger than a mealybug. A good bug...too bad they look so much alike.
Bug Spray
2 tbsp alcohol
1 tsp dish soap
In a hand spray bottle. fill the rest of the bottle with water. spray on the plant.
Soak the plant until it runs off
Awwww see Brin! lol its a good bug! :o) lol I laughed so hard with the "Chill everybody"
I got those here...in my Elm tree..they fell out of the tree and landed everywhere...thought it was kinda sorta snowing...I have them every year about this time..LOL...told my hubby what they were...he thought it was funny...
Hey, capture some of those and save them for when people have mealy bug infestations. You could get rich quick. LOL!
We use to release them indoors at the Botanical center to control mealies without spraying. :-)
Eclipse, thanks for identifying this bug... I always thought they were mealy bugs. Does anyone have more info? I would like to know how to distinguish these guys from the 'bad' mealy bugs. I tried doing a web search for 'cryptomeria mealy bug predator' and only got irrelevant links for pests of cryptomeria shrubs.
do a search under biological insect control.
I guess this proves you are what you eat! LOL. I have never heard about these before and I sure have never had them when mealy bugs have invaded. Brinda, so you can keep your new, little pet unless you already squashed him dead! LOL
I gave a fast search for him also Tom to get a better look but could not find him anywhere either on a quick look see on google
Try this: http://www.defenders.co.uk/mealybug_control.htm
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/predators/cryptolaemus_m.html
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Thanks for the links Shirley and all the information everyone!
Kell....he is dead! I didn't kill him on purpose, but when I was moving him from my hand to DH's I squished most of his side off! Ugh....ick!
Thanks for posting the links, Brugie. No wonder I couldn't find it searching for 'cryptomeria' - looks like the name is actually 'Cryptolaemus montrouzieri'. The 2nd article also says they're from Australia and only survive overwinter in coastal areas of SoCal. So I think it's likely that Brinda's now-deceased bug, found in OK, was indeed some sort of mealybug. Brinda, don't feel too bad about squishing him!
great info. Thanks
Brinda, dead but not forgotten! LOL
ahh geez.... and here I was looking forward to a naming contest for Brinda's new buddy....
Really Ms Munché, imagine killing your pet before it even has a name! TSK TSK Brinda!
"I guess this proves you are what you eat."
Funny, Kell.
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LOL you guys!
Well....I've searched everywhere in my backyard and can't find another one! And honestly, I really did think it was cute. It was so strange not to be cute. And it really did have little white horns! That is what makes me believe it is what Kyle said!
So just tell me this Brinda, what did yo put on his tombstone? Sadly, I keep seeing an itty bitty blank one.
Well, Kell....DH has to do the burial! I just didn't have the heart! Nor have I had the heart to visit the burial site! Hopefully soon though!!! LOL
I think your little bug reincarnated himself and brought about a million of his buddies to my house! I had no mealies, now I have many! Time to get out the alcohol and water.
Oh no Susie....will you spray the alcohol on? you can't do it by hand cany ou?
so, what's the easiest way to tell the difference, the good from the bad?
Kell, I'll use a quart sprayer and only spray the bugs I see. I will have to keep it up till no more are seen for a few weeks.
I think one of those web sites I posted showed the difference, Linda.
I think all of mine are the bad kind. They don't have the "sticker" thingies that the good ones do.
