Hmm, now I wonder...1st saw these on blueberries (near woods so that makes sense for BP), then TCB but not bad infestation, just went out to scout/pick squash bug eggs off my zukes and found more of the webby stuff and 1 bug that jumped away on a zuke. The veggies are fairly close to the berries (50ft?) and really close to woods on north side, are these still likely to be BP that got lost ;-) or something else? Still figure the insecticidal soap should work. might as well use it on the squash (and cukes, found a striped cuke beetle on the zuke and a couple SVB moths on the cukes - I guess I have equal-opportunity pests LOL). Just wondering if maybe it is leafhoppers (or something else) after all?

Syrinth..You'll know if they're whitefly by gently shaking the leaves..WF will take off, swirling around, then look for the nearest plant to land on. They could be Mealybugs. Mealys are slow-moving, totally opposite of WF, and can be squished easily enough.. It seems Mealy are attracted to Gynura..it's been several years, but my last two Gynuras got tossed because both had mealy. That's one bug I can't tolerate. Unless you have fruit sitting around, the tiny insects are probably Fungus Gnats. Are you allowing soil to dry between waterings? FG's thrive on wet soil and dry, stuffy air..perfect combos. When a plant with FG's gets watered, they appear, crawling up and along soil..they're dark in color, have silvery hues. Fruitflys are larger than FG's. One more thing..you said you've been catching them manually..because whitefly are so fast, you wouldn't be able to catch them..unless you had the tongue of a reptile..lol. Toni

It didn't happen today, but I was working in my yard a couple weeks ago, near the... umm... 'puddle bath' (a bird bath sunken into the ground) I have in the back yard. I was pruning dead growth from my frost burned Meyer Lemon when a Pine Warbler landed at my feet, tilted its head a little to look at me and then hopped it's merry way into the puddle bath, as if I was nothing more than a momentary distraction. Previously I had been visited while I sat quietly in my sling-back until the birds felt comfortable with me, but on this day, I was moving about, doing work, and this little guy just didn't seem to mind. I think on some days, 'nature' just knows that we're trying to help and gives us those little gifts as if to say 'Thank you'. Now... if I could just get the hawks to visit while I'm out there instead of flying off every time I round the corner...

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