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Re: Unknown pest

Sounds like Scale to me.  If it is, you can wipe them off with a damp cloth
and then spray with malathion.  Don't spray first, they have waxy shells to
protect them.  

That's my guess....:)

At 04:46 PM 11/12/98 EST, you wrote:
>I have these very small brown narrow bugs that are digging into my Oleandar
>where the leaf meets the stem. As a result the plant is dropping whole green
>leaves. Does anyone know what these are and how to treat them? They almost
>look like splinters from wood. There's no other signs of bugs or sickeness. 
>THX
>Julie
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