Question by Kelly P: White flying bugs on my zucchini plants?
When watering my plants a flurry of flea sized white bugs came flying out from under the leaves? Does anybody have a clue what they are and do I need to get rid of them? (As of yet the only damage to the plant seems to be mold on some leaves do to evening rain everynight?) As they are vegetable plants, (well are supposed to be, none of my veggies plants are producing fruit yet, but thats a whole different problem, lol…) Any remidies would have to be natural. I’m open to all suggestions!
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Answer by fluffernut
Sounds like……..whitefly. Original name, huh?
They are real buggers to eliminate. Their immature state rather looks like tiny scale….I’m wondering if you are seeing your “mold” as perhaps whitefly larval stage. Anyway, they are attracted to the bright yellow color. You can lure them onto the sticky traps or your can make sticky traps by taking margarine containers in that bright yellow color and coating them with Pam or better, a product called Tangle Foot. Personally, I’d rather buy the traps. As for low toxic sprays:
http://www.gardeners.com/Whiteflies-Control/default/5321.page
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