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Re: Pepper Bugs

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At 09:25 PM 7/24/00 -0400, you wrote:
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>Help! There is some kind of bug on my pepper that migrated from one of my
>Basil's. It looks like a white, flat, fluffy roly poly. Almost looks like a
>spot of mold, except that there appear to be legs and I think I saw it move.
>There are a bunch of them now on these 2 plants, mostly on the stems and
>under the leaves. Not any noticeable damage except the basil is Purple Ruffle
>and now has mostly green leaves. There are 2 more green pepper plants next to
>the first one, and one is over 4 ft tall so I woud hate for this to spread if
>it damaging or deadly. I don't like to spray because I have aphids that are
>being devoured by lace wing flies and lady bugs. Any ideas, answers, or
>suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>Thanks,
>Laura in Pensacola
>(Where the heat index has been way over 100 for weeks, but today was finally
>only in the mid 90s)

Sounds like it might be mealybug scale. If it's a fairly small infestation, 
dip a Q tip in rubbing alcohol and swab each of the white fluffs with it. 
Margaret L


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