Thanks Ken, The ants seem to have disappeared these days since I last clicked this picture.
It was very difficult to scrape off and started oozing a reddish exudate. rakesh On 1/23/09, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: > > Rakesh-- > > Indeed there are many species of scale insects. If that plant has scale, > it is not one with which I am familiar. > > Were the ants primarily visiting these lumps. or were they perhaps > foraging on something else in the plant? > > Did you try scraping any of the lumps to see if they would detach? > > Regards-- > Ken. > > > > --- On *Fri, 1/23/09, Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]>* wrote: > > From: Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:7878] bark accumulation > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 11:53 AM > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
