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winging Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6a) Jul 18, 2006

I find these on my echinaceas, although so far there are not a ton of them. Are they mealy bugs?

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Night_Bloom Griffin, GA(Zone 8a) Jul 19, 2006

I can't see them well enough to tell. There are many homopterans that look like this or leave this type of evidence. They don't appear to be doing much yet - maybe a good blast of water or wiping them away might do the trick? Any other suggestions?

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winging Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6a) Jul 19, 2006

Thanks for your reply. I wish my camera would focus in better on close-ups. I'll have to put that on the wish list for our next camera.

I've tried to compare what I see to other pics of mealy bugs and other pests, but I just don't seem to have "the eye" for telling them apart. I think you're right though, given that there aren't all that many, it probably doesn't take much to get rid of them.

thanks again

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winging Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6a) Jul 19, 2006

Okay, something jumps off each fuzzy area like that when I spray. Mealy bugs don't jump. I'm starting to see them in a number of places, my shasta daisies, my echies, my rose of sharon....

For some reason this year seems to be a big pest and disease year for me. :(

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sterhill Atlanta, GA(Zone 7b) Jul 21, 2006

I got a really good close up of what I think is this same thing - it looks like cotton fluff but it has LEGS!

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Night_Bloom Griffin, GA(Zone 8a) Jul 23, 2006

It is probably a nymph of a plant hopper type homopteran. I suspect that it would either be in the Flattidae or Acanaloniidae family.

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winging Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6a) Jul 30, 2006

Sorry for the delay in replying. I think you've hit the nail on the head. I looked up some photos based on your comment and finally was able to ID a bug I could never get a good picture of. It's something like this: http://bugguide.net/node/view/67023

This bug always seems to be in the same vicinity as the stuff on my echinaceas. I've also seen it here and there throughout the garden although never in large numbers.

Thanks for your help.

w

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