InChapala1 Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm1mex Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 Wow. Hope someone can identify it. plant or animal?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InChapala1 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 Don't know. Started about 2 weeks ago. My gardener said salitre, but I've seen salitre and it looks nothing like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo1 Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 It's a bug. Inside the "fuzzy" stuff is a little bug. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dichosalocura Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 That looks like a mealybug. What's it doing on your wall I have no idea. It generally attacks plants. They are very common on plants this time of year during the summer rainy season. https://images.app.goo.gl/Xuu9cxBuJbKfXzxw6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm1mex Posted August 7, 2022 Report Share Posted August 7, 2022 Ohh. Get rid of it before it invades your plants. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InChapala1 Posted August 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 Thank you! Next on my to do list: how to get rid of mealybugs. Do these critters go away after the rainy season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm1mex Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 Hope you can spray this one with bug spray before others invade your lawn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dichosalocura Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 Don't use bug spray look for better solutions. Neem oil would be better. Bug spray kills everything including us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natasha Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 14 hours ago, InChapala1 said: Thank you! Next on my to do list: how to get rid of mealybugs. Do these critters go away after the rainy season? Goggle it. They are difficult to eradicate and you have to keep after it for a while. No... they don't go away 😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibarra Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 We had one last year on our retaining wall. I carefully removed it wearing gloves and placed it in a vacant lot. We have not had any since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajijicbound Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 These are mealybugs killers. You want them in your yard. They can eat scale and mealybugs in a night. The are the larva of the lady bird, not lady bug. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natasha Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 1 hour ago, ajijicbound said: These are mealybugs killers. You want them in your yard. They can eat scale and mealybugs in a night. The are the larva of the lady bird, not lady bug. THankyou! I didn't think the pix looked like a mealybug......too "leggy". Wish I had some to kill MY mealybugs on Peace Lilies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajijicbound Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 These really are magical and many people kill them because they think they are mealy bugs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timjwilson Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 mealybugs have 2 long tails; ladybug larva do not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timjwilson Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timjwilson Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 on patrol in my garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InChapala1 Posted August 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 2 hours ago, ajijicbound said: These are mealybugs killers. You want them in your yard. They can eat scale and mealybugs in a night. The are the larva of the lady bird, not lady bug. Are you saying the critters I have eat mealybugs? So they are larvae of Coccinellidae and not mealybugs? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinellidae: Coccinellidae (/ˌkɒksɪˈnɛlɪˌdiː/)[3] is a widespread family of small beetles ranging in size from 0.8 to 18 mm (1⁄32–23⁄32 in).[4] The family is commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in Great Britain and other parts of the English-speaking world. Entomologists prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as these insects are not classified as true bugs.[5] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajijicbound Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 Here is an article on the Lady Bird beetle. https://www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/natural-enemies/mealybug-destroyer/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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