Mealy bug infestation in Oak Tree
zonotrichia
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Yew with severe mealy bug infestation
Comments (6)I've never had much luck killing mealies with insecticidal soap - They've got some sort of waxy coating that makes the soap ineffective. I have found isopropol alcohol to be very effective, even at penetrating the wooly nests, but it can cause the plant to become dessicated if it isn't washed off after a few minutes. If your yews aren't too big, you could just dump some isopropol alcohol into a sprayer and douse the tree with that, then hose it down after a minute. The alcohol kills anything it's going to kill right away, so there's no point in leaving it on. If you do this every week for a month you should have killed most of them off, as their life cycle is about 30 days. There is a product called Safer's Fine Oil Spray, which is supposed to dissolve the waxy coating, making them susceptable to the insecticidal soap. I've never used it, or even seen it for sale for that matter, but if you can find it, it might be worth a try. Particularly if you don't want to use the alcohol BP...See MoreMealy bugs on clematis Please Help
Comments (11)Thank you for your answers. Yes, I'll try to post my pictures, just for the sake of information. I would be glad to be mistaken. I know it's the earwigs ( or something else) eating the leaves, and I don't see any visible damage from the mealybugs. I also have a different kind of damage on the rose leaves, like trails eaten trough the leaves ( their thickness) and just a thin brown membrane of the leaves remaining.... but this is not the rose forum. I am in Toronto East, zone 6a. Trust me, mealybugs are an outdoor pest. Anybody knows if they die in winter? I have managed to cut most of the branches that were going through and low over my fence, and have not seen more than one or two bugs any more on my plants. I just scrub them down with a piece of the wood mulch that I put around plants, and smash them. I know about q-tips and alcohol, but I was a little concerned about burns/ dehydration on the very young twig knots, where I usually see the mealybugs. But it's just horifying to see so many bugs on these trees and shrubs outside of the fence... systemic would not be an option for me.......See MoreMealie bugs mealie bugs everywhere!! Invasion!
Comments (5)I mix 10% alchohol with water in a spray bottle and when I spray my citrus plants. They get a small light dose just-in-case. Just noticed some on one of my small fig trees and I clipped a few leaves off and sprayed a nice and medium dose ( 30% alchohol ) and will repeat in a couple of days. I sent them on thier way with a good dab with a Q-tip dipped in alchohol directly onto the bug. Burns them dead on the spot. That will teach them a lesson! The bug travels from plant to plant mostly if you have two or more plants cross branching/touching each other. You might also purchase Safer garden safe insect soap. This stuff works well for me. I'm no expert but these methods seem to work well for me. Rafed Sterling Heights, Mi....See MoreSingle Mealie Bug, freaking out
Comments (2)After having what I thought was the same experience a few weeks ago, I looked for more information because I had clearly seen it jump. Everything I could find said mealies do not jump, but mealybug destroyers do. I don't think I can tell the difference by looking, but mealies are usually an infestation, not individuals, and if it jumps, it can't be one. There are also wooly aphids in our hackberry trees and they fall out of the trees sometimes and also look a lot like a mealybug. Of course I don't have every potted/house plant, but don't seem to have any that interest those wooly apids (except some of the yard trees). Good luck, hoping your bug is one of these instead....See Morelaura1
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