Dear Mr. Neil Soares Your pictures are very interesting. These are not mealy bugs but their predators. They look exactly like mealy bugs but are mobile. They are a very good sign. They will keep the population of mealy bugs down. I have forgotten the name but will try to locate the source and get back to you. I was also under the impression that these are mealy bugs and discussed the matter with a friend in the Coffee board that I have mealy bugs that are mobile. It was then that he enlightened me that these mobile fluffy insects are actually predators of mealy bugs. He gave me its name then, however, I have forgotten it right now. I did call him on receipt of this mail but he is now retired and is having problems with his eyes. He has also forgotten the name but has promised to get back to me as soon as he remembers it. I will try to get information on this insect and revert back. Regards Yazdy Palia.
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:39 AM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > My photographs of Mealy Bugs taken at the Nameri Tiger Reserve. Doesn't > necessarily have to be ants around. These ones also jumped around a lot. > Regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Wed, 7/14/10, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:41277] ID of the plant > To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 12:12 AM > > > Agree with you as you are seeing the plant. > > Mealy bugs are still present in my garden in Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Ixora > and Mango. Ants are common in first two species but in Mango I have not > observed ant population. Monsoon is on in Chhattisgarh. > > regards > > Pankaj Oudhia > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:03 AM, Yazdy Palia > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Dear Pankaj ji, >> When there are mealy bugs, there should be plenty of ants. Moreover, mealy >> bugs appear in very dry areas and during summer. They can not survive our >> monsoon. Even if there is slight moisture in the soil, they do not thrive. >> mealy bugs have a fleshy body this thing does not. Moreover the fluffy >> matter is flying about in the air. If it is mealy bugs it can not fly about >> like that. >> Regards >> Yazdy. >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Pankaj Oudhia >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >>> I agree with Neil ji. It looks like Mealy bug specially in picture 3122. >>> >>> regards >>> >>> Pankaj Oudhia >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Neil Soares >>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Mr.Palia, >>>> My guess would be Urena lobata var.sinuata and the 'fluffy matter' are >>>> mealy bugs. >>>> With regards, >>>> Neil Soares. >>>> >>>> --- On *Mon, 7/12/10, Yazdy Palia >>>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>>> >* wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> From: Yazdy Palia >>>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>>> > >>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:41102] ID of the plant >>>> To: "indiantreepix" >>>> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >>>> > >>>> Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 10:35 PM >>>> >>>> >>>> hello friends, what is the identity of the plant and what is the >>>> identity of the fluffy matter on its stem. >>>> Regrds >>>> Yazdy. >>>> >>>> You have been sent 5 pictures. >>>> >>>> >>>> DSCN3118.JPG >>>> DSCN3119.JPG >>>> DSCN3120.JPG >>>> DSCN3121.JPG >>>> DSCN3122.JPG >>>> >>>> These pictures were sent with Picasa, from Google. >>>> Try it out here: http://picasa.google.com/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > >
