Thanks Ken. Interestingly a search on scale insects led me to this site from Florida http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/CH195 although none of their pics matched mine but I guess there are a lot of varieties.
rakesh http://peoplesgroup.academia.edu/RakeshBiswas On 1/23/09, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: > > Possibly a scale insect infestation, judging by the number of ants > present. They tend to move insects like scale (and aphids, thrips, whitefly, > etc) around plants to maximize their production of honeydew, upon which they > eat. > > Could also be sap rising as the result of a bark-boring insect as well, > though ants seldom collect the gum exudate of most plants. > > Regards-- > Ken Greby > Palmetto Bay, Florida USA > > --- On *Thu, 1/22/09, Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]>* wrote: > > From: Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]> > Subject: [indiantreepix:7878] bark accumulation > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 12:23 PM > > I wonder if any one could help me with identifying this interesting > accumulation on the bark of this tree. > > > rakesh > > Bhopal > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
