Re: Re: Kitty's mites now neem
YES THEY ITCH!!!!! I guess that's them! I thought that I always got them
on my ankles but these babies have made it all the way to my neck! But
the yard is full of them! How can I get rid of them???? Fran
<gardenqueen@academicplanet.com> wrote:chiggers ya reckon? do the bites itch like H when you get them?
Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: F M Ferrari
Sent: 5/11/2004 3:03:30 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Kitty's mites now neem
> I don't know what these tiny red bugs are but they pack a wallop of a
> bite! Haven't seen webbing so I guess that I'm currently free of those
> type of mites! Fran
>
>
> David Franzman wrote:No Fran, that's not the one. You really can't see them with the unaided
> eye. I used to be able to but my sight is going down hill. They are less
> than the size of a pin head and they are incapable of biting. They stick
> they long straw like sucker into leaves and suck out the chlorophyll. If
> you have a really bad problem you can see their webbing over the tips of the
> plants. Otherwise the leaves looked mottled yellow/green. Common on
> houseplants. Anyway, they would be herbivores and not carnivores.
>
> David Franzman
> A Touch of the Tropics
> www.atouchofthetropics.net
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