I noticed some leaves on one of my Brugs that look really bad. While searching I found this little fellow and another similar but timid one. Sorry to say they only lived a short time after the photo was made. Anybody know if they were the ones doing the damage? They are tiny. Maybe 1/8" long.
Betty
These are the sad leaves.
Gee Betty, I would say mites myself. I can see the white dots where the mites have sucked the chlorophyll out. I have no clue what that bug is, though it is pretty neat.
I just sprayed a whole bottle of Neem on my front yard. I have mites on everything, even roses, a first for me. I think it must have been the hot spell we had with low humidity. They went nuts. And I got covered in Neem. I will have that smell on me for days. Shoot.
Betty it looks like a type of crab spider also known as Flower Spider. They eat caterpillars and all kinds of other insects. There's a zillion different sizes, colors and shapes.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/australian/thomisidae/crabspiders.html
http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=flower+spider&search=Search
http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=crab+spider&search=Search
This message was edited Jul 30, 2006 6:30 PM
Looks like he was an innocent bystander. He got neem anyway. Thanks for the information.
Betty
Too bad they don't eat just aphids and mites and bad bugs. They eat Butterflies and good bugs too.
Not so innocent lol! Nuke'em! :)
The bad little bug is gone.
Should I cut off all the damaged leaves? Damage is just in the new growth on two plants so far. I sprayed everything in the area with Neam, and plan to spray everything else tomorrow. I sprayed last week with Orthonex and thought everything was doing well.
