A coworker gave me a basket with some small potted plants. One of them is an ivy plant and I noticed it had several leaves covered in was appeared to be very fine spiderwebs. On closer examination, I saw that there were dozens of tiny white bugs moving along the 'webs'. What are these? They're about the size of a pen point, so I'm not able to see much detail.
2007-10-11 14:50:42 · 4 answers · asked by Lost OC Boy 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
those are spidermites. Quaranteen plants immediately, once established they will spread out of control. keep the plants together so the mites can be content not to want to spread out, but seperate them from any other plants you have. Choice treatments are miticides or 1part rubbing alcohol 2prts water. make sure to spray the underside of leaves as this is where they will be. Also, detatch any necrotic leaves(dead, overwhelmed with yellow dots)Preventative measures are to keep plants in a more humid/cooler environment which spidermites cant stand. Also avoid extensive midday sunlight if possible until under control.
2007-10-11 15:22:34 · answer #1 · answered by R. E 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some sort of mite would produce webbing..
Try this..Probably the most popular home remedy is to spray plants with a mixture of isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol and liquid mild dish detergent, such as Ivory.
Alcohol treatment is effective against all the life stages of mites, except eggs.
2007-10-11 21:55:49 · answer #2 · answered by srsly 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are spider mites or also could be mealy bugs if they are fuzzy. We have them at our greenhouse when we bring new crops in and have to spray to get rid of them. My advice is to isolate it from other plants so that it doesn't spread. It will likely take to applications to kill them. Go to your local hardware store or wal-mart and buy an insecticide and spray every week until they are gone. Then just treat just once a month for preventive.
2007-10-11 22:45:34 · answer #3 · answered by Erin 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like spider mites. Look them up for cures, but I think spraying with soap solution works.
2007-10-11 21:54:27 · answer #4 · answered by Howard H 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋