I've got bugs on my orange trees.
I grew the trees from seeds, taken from a bitter orange tree near here that was subsequently felled. So I'd really like to help these trees to grow. But some of the trees are under assault from a bug. The bugs are orange and mobile when young, becoming white and powdery and immobile as adults. They produce an orange liquid - but not red like Cochineal - when you squish them.
Which bug is it?
Is it Planococcus citri, a citric Mealybug?
Or is it Icerya purchasi, the Cottony Cushion Scale?
I grew the trees from seeds, taken from a bitter orange tree near here that was subsequently felled. So I'd really like to help these trees to grow. But some of the trees are under assault from a bug. The bugs are orange and mobile when young, becoming white and powdery and immobile as adults. They produce an orange liquid - but not red like Cochineal - when you squish them.
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| Mealybug? or Scale? |
Which bug is it?
Is it Planococcus citri, a citric Mealybug?
Or is it Icerya purchasi, the Cottony Cushion Scale?
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