Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Help! Bugs eating my weeping pus** willow trees!!?????

My mother recently bought me two weeping pussy willow trees from lowes and now they are covered in these tiny little bugs that no one can tell me what they are. The leaves of my plants are turning brown where they are. I asked a similar question in the botany section and the only responses I got said they were caterpillars...they are not caterpillars!



They are very tiny, seem to be an orange color and are in a web like structure...although now they are beginning to crawl all over the plant. I thought at first they may be baby spiders and wasn't all that much worried but now I realize they are not spiders because spiders don't kill plants.



We used the only thing we have here, Blue Dragon Garden Dust with Carbaryl (1-napthl N-methylcarbarmate) in it but it had no effect on them whatsoever.



I'm hoping someone can please tell me what they are and what I can use to kill them!!!!!!

Help! Bugs eating my weeping pus** willow trees!!?????
Spider Mites!

try using lemon joy in a hose end spray and heavy… so you see bubbles.. soak all over especially under leaves… The bubble will suffocate and kill bugs you can do this weekly all summer… ;)





FYI - spider mites exposed to carbaryl (Sevin) in the laboratory have been shown to reproduce faster than untreated population...
Reply:Might be spider mites.. spray with Sevin (liquid spray).. yes, it's poison, but it will deal with spider mites..



(you should be able to get this at Lowe's, too.. )
Reply:As a guess from the UK, they are spider mites, some of which make a net or web like structure. It is difficult to spray sizeable trees. If they are SMALL trees it is possible to spray using a pesticide specific to spider mites ( your garden centre can advise). I have seen small trees saturated with pesticide,and covered in clear plastic sheeting, which helps to `fumigate`the tree. If all else fails, hit it hard with water jets, Willows will love the water, spider mites will hate it. Willows are tough trees, it will not die from insect attack. Good luck.
Reply:spider mites, see http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/aginfo/ento...


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