pharmtekk
Florida
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| Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:38 pm Post subject: What are these mid-evil looking "things" on my pla |
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Hello, see the pics below, they look like mini-turtle shells...I have never seen a bug like it!! Anyone know what it is?
Upside down bug ( photo / image / picture from pharmtekk's Garden )
bugs on the stems ( photo / image / picture from pharmtekk's Garden )
bugs on the stems like turtle shells ( photo / image / picture from pharmtekk's Garden )
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Netty
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Southern Ontario zone 5a
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| Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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Could it be Scale?
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pharmtekk
Florida
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| Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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It does appear to be some type of scale doesn't it... Yuck. 
Thanks for your help! 
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toni
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| Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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Scale was my first thought too. Good luck with the treatment for it.
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kuntrygal
Texas ~ Zone 8
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| Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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Think I will have to agree. And yuck is right! 
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Canadian Chelsea
Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:09 am Post subject: |
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Looks like some sort of 'scale' to me too.
Whenever I noticed scale on my indoor plants, I would take a q-tip, dip it in rubbing alcohol and drench each one of the scale. Then it would die.
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daisybeans
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| Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:26 am Post subject: |
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So, are they bugs or fungus?
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Canadian Chelsea
Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:30 am Post subject: |
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Scale is a bug living under a hard shell.
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pharmtekk
Florida
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| Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks everyone! And thanks for the tip about the rubbing alcohol too, I had scraped each one off and squished the little buggers.
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