Comments on: Mealybug http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2009/03/28/mealybug/ A Field Guide to the North Side of Old Mill Hill, Atlantic Mine, MI Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: kuki http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2009/03/28/mealybug/comment-page-1/#comment-1247 kuki Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:21:14 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/?p=775#comment-1247 hi this is kuki from pakistan. i would ask dr km to please give me some detail of your insecticide hi this is kuki from pakistan. i would ask dr km to please give me some detail of your insecticide

]]> By: dr km http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2009/03/28/mealybug/comment-page-1/#comment-841 dr km Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:23:40 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/?p=775#comment-841 i am dr. khalid, here in pakistan my teacher dr. iftikhar waris become sucssesful to establish a non toxic non harmful insecticide ventage (which is herb base & homeopathic )which 100% results against mealy bug you can try it.it also crop booster. i am dr. khalid, here in pakistan my teacher dr. iftikhar waris become sucssesful to establish a non toxic non harmful insecticide ventage (which is herb base & homeopathic )which 100% results against mealy bug you can try it.it also crop booster.

]]> By: K T Cat http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2009/03/28/mealybug/comment-page-1/#comment-812 K T Cat Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:47:07 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/?p=775#comment-812 I hate these ^#@&*(^@#ing things. My last house was this wondrous custome home that featured a 16' glass dome in the center. Underneath it was a big indoor planter where I had a Fiddle-leaf Fig. The fig was to grow up to the dome and spread out, giving the idea of living in a jungle. That was before the bugs came in. I tried everything I could read about, but finally settled on the alchohol remedy. While the creatures do reproduce quickly, going after the little @#^&*@^(ing @#&*&(*@&(s every other week was more than enough to keep their numbers down. I didn't keep to a schedule, instead I kept the alchohol bottle handy and whenever I walked by the tree and saw some of the little mother-#@&^*@^s I attacked them with a vengeance. The systemics did little good. My bet is that the bugs got nauseous, but didn't die. I hate these ^#@&*(^@#ing things. My last house was this wondrous custome home that featured a 16′ glass dome in the center. Underneath it was a big indoor planter where I had a Fiddle-leaf Fig. The fig was to grow up to the dome and spread out, giving the idea of living in a jungle. That was before the bugs came in. I tried everything I could read about, but finally settled on the alchohol remedy. While the creatures do reproduce quickly, going after the little @#^&*@^(ing @#&*&(*@&(s every other week was more than enough to keep their numbers down. I didn’t keep to a schedule, instead I kept the alchohol bottle handy and whenever I walked by the tree and saw some of the little mother-#@&^*@^s I attacked them with a vengeance.

The systemics did little good. My bet is that the bugs got nauseous, but didn’t die.

]]> By: Andy http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2009/03/28/mealybug/comment-page-1/#comment-809 Andy Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:13:43 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/?p=775#comment-809 "<i>Depending on which mealybug species this is, it either lays a huge number of eggs, or gives birth to obscene numbers of live young.</i>" ...Why was I under the impression that all insects lay eggs? I had no idea some gave birth to live young. Very interesting, as I assume the young are pretty feeble at first. I thought that was one of the purposes of eggs - to give the young a chance to develop outside the mom, and grow (at least somewhat) independent. Better chances of survival without the parent's help, versus live birth, which requires more childrearing effort from the parent. Andy “Depending on which mealybug species this is, it either lays a huge number of eggs, or gives birth to obscene numbers of live young.”

…Why was I under the impression that all insects lay eggs? I had no idea some gave birth to live young. Very interesting, as I assume the young are pretty feeble at first. I thought that was one of the purposes of eggs – to give the young a chance to develop outside the mom, and grow (at least somewhat) independent. Better chances of survival without the parent’s help, versus live birth, which requires more childrearing effort from the parent.

Andy

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