Hi folks

Can some one tell me what this is .I have white fluffy bugs on my highgranger they look like something has hatched out but the bush is being sucked dry .Not just a few but millions i have been out with a spray but its likeley a wrong spray and soaked the bush i think i will have to dig it out and burn it .
I also have had an cock chaffer full grown one indoors .

can some one tell me please

thanks

Christine

no its not tham

its something i have not seen before the cases have a brown top and are very white

christine

Hi Chrissie

It could be Mealy bug. I would have thought it was whitefly from what you said. I'll have a look in my book and see if I can find anything similar.

Love Lyn

HI Chockers

It could be a type of wooly aphid theres loads of varieties. I know there are 2 types of mealy bugs one thats runs around in the roots and one that runs up and down the stems. I dont think they are white and fluffy. then theres the one called a scale insect that sticks to the stemm and the insect is underneath the casing - that has a sort of fluffy thing but the insects are underneath. Not sure how to cure that one but with aphids I would use just soapy water. You need to actually put the soapy water on teh insects as the soap blocks their air and they suffocate though it will also kill of other soft insects such as ladybirds.

I found a link that might help you. http://www.gardenbanter....09-hydrangea-probs.html

Good luck let me know how you get on - I love hydrangeas.

my bugs have been sprayed but likeley the wrong spray .

i think what ever has hached and may be doing the roots in so its going to be dug up and burned .

my plant looks a poor old soul

christine

Hi Chrissie

John and I have been through the gardening books and cannot find anything else but Woolly aphid or Mealy bug. It could be something we don't know about though. Have you tried spraying with dilute washing up liquid? Or soap?

I don't think it's scale insect, these usually have a hard case around them.

Love Lyn