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White balls on plants - insects or disease?

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I have been finding some little white spongy balls on my buckthorn leaves and my pomegranate fruits! Don't know what are they or how to get rid of them
Please do help


Posted by: reem (9 points) reem
Posted: May 8, 2014


Nicole Castle Brookus commented,
Do you have wooly aphids in your region?
over 10 years ago.



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These look like spider egg sacs. What kind of spider? Not sure, but they won't damage your plants.


Posted by: Charlie B. (5 points) Charlie B.
Posted: May 8, 2014


reem commented,
I don't think it's wooly aphids as I've never seen them here before !
Besides it doesn't move when I touch it so I believe it's spider sacs
over 10 years ago.



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Might be mealybugs; hard to tell from these photos.
Check out page 4 here: http://ucanr.edu/datastoreFiles/391-5...
Also do a google image search on mealybugs because you won't necessarily see the body parts. They often appear as a bit of cottony, sticky fluff.


Posted by: Deb (7 points) Deb
Posted: May 26, 2014




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