Re: Scale

Val-

I don't have the answer to the flying bug part - but if I was a betting women 
- I would bet that you brought home a plant that  was infested with them or 
had unhatched eggs...sometimes they are very hard to see.  If you have a 
small plant you can use alcohol swabs to kill them.  I've noticed that when I 
have purchased orchids that even though I have carefully inspected them at 
the time of the purchase - two weeks later they may be covered in them.  I 
now treat everything I purchase for scale and mealy bugs whether visable or 
not before putting into the garden or greenhouse.

I was introduced to the wax scale for the 1st time last year - they are a bit 
easier to see - they have a white bumpy armour.

Good luck with this - I am currently fighting mealy bugs - I've never seen so 
many, we have had so much rain lately I haven't been able to treat them.  Now 
that the rain has gone - the war has begun.

Kemberly McLain
Katy, Texas  Zone 9

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