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bonsaiTALK Neophyte
Join Date: Jun-2004
Location: Chicago
Country: USA
Posts: 1
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Lavender Starflower & Bugs
I received a Lavendar Starflower (Grewia Occidentalis) as a Christmas gift. It is approx 8-10 year old. Recently it has become infested with some kind of a bug. I am trying to figure out what it is and how to treat it. As you can see in the picture they are small green waxy bumps on the leaves and branches. After a few days they turn into a white cottony worm shape bug. I do not see them move. I have been plucking them off one at a time, everyday. I was told they are Mealybugs, but everything I read about Mealybugs says they are white bugs...these start out green. Any help in determining what this is and how to treat is much appreciated. At one point this tree was beautiful with little flowers and plenty of leaves. Lately there are no flowers and the leaves are slowely turning yellow, drying up and falling off.
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