sleepybisexual@beehaw.org to Nature and Gardening@beehaw.org · 3 days agoparasites on chili plant, help neededmessage-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoSounds like mealy bugs, if they’re very tiny. Not parasites, by the way.
minus-squaresleepybisexual@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoThey are soft and stuck and immobile, they are like blobs
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoHmmm. Do you have a photo? How large is an individual insect? Mealy bugs can be so tiny that it’s hard to even see them moving.
minus-squaresleepybisexual@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 hours agoCan’t send a pic, but they are 1-2 mm long and no more than .5 mm wide
Sounds like mealy bugs, if they’re very tiny. Not parasites, by the way.
They are soft and stuck and immobile, they are like blobs
Hmmm. Do you have a photo? How large is an individual insect? Mealy bugs can be so tiny that it’s hard to even see them moving.
Can’t send a pic, but they are 1-2 mm long and no more than .5 mm wide