Will wait for this new information. In general mealy bugs are predated by Lady Bird beetles. In commercial cultivation of medicinal and aromatic crops I suggest my farmers to increase the population of this beetle.
I have tried to search the new information given by you through Google but failed to get. regards Pankaj Oudhia On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Mr. Pankaj Oudhia ji > Many thanks for the information. The explanation is given in my reply to > Mr. Neil Soares ji. The ones without ants are not mealy bugs but its > predators. They are normally mobile and move pretty fast. The same was > explained to me by a friend working in Coffee board a few years back. I have > forgotten the name but will try to locate information on it and revert back. > Regards > Yazdy. > > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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]>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]>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]>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]>* wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> >>>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:41102] ID of the plant >>>>> To: "indiantreepix" <[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/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
