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Posts Tagged: sooty mold

Sticky mess on plants

Feeding by aphids created this sticky honeydew on crape myrtle leaves. (Credit: Belinda Messenger-Sikes)

Are you seeing cars, sidewalks, driveways, or other plants covered in sticky stuff, especially...

Posted on Monday, September 24, 2018 at 3:06 PM
Tags: ants (13), aphids (8), Asian citrus (1), car (1), dripping (1), honeydew (7), huanglongbing (33), leafhoppers (2), mealybugs (3), psyllids (2), scale (2), sooty mold (4), sticky (2), UC IPM (187), whiteflies (4)
Focus Area Tags: Pest Management Yard & Garden

Leafhoppers on plants

Adult leafhopper. (Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)

You may see leafhoppers in your garden or landscape this time of year as they hop about feeding on...

Adult leafhopper. (Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)
Adult leafhopper. (Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)

Adult leafhopper. (Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)

Posted on Monday, September 3, 2018 at 8:00 PM
Tags: bleaching (1), honeydew (7), leafhoppers (2), leaves (1), management (25), plant (2), predators (2), sooty mold (4), spots (1), stipple (1), UC IPM (187)
Focus Area Tags: Pest Management Yard & Garden

What's that Sticky Stuff on my Car?

Whitish wax and sticky honeydew from woolly hackberry aphid on hackberry tree. (Jack Kelly Clark)

It's hot outside, so like a lot of people, you try to park your car under a tree in parking lots...

Posted on Monday, September 11, 2017 at 9:40 AM
Tags: citricola scale (1), honeydew (7), pest (73), sooty mold (4), trees (10), UC IPM (187), woolly hackberry aphid (1)

New Mealybugs Pest Note!

Mealybug colony. [Jack Kelly Clark]

Have you ever had an infestation of mealybugs on your houseplants or outside on your landscape...

Posted on Friday, March 11, 2016 at 1:36 PM
 
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