White flies!

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coldcactusmontreal
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White flies!

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I snapped a photo of this little bugger inside a ring of its own eggs. Pretty peeved this bug is on a bunch of my Euphorbias! This one is leucnoneura. Anyone have recommendations to eradicate these monsters?
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Might be a Thrips. Doesn't look like an aphid. Thrips cause a silver mottling on leaves, often on the underside.
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Re: White flies!

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Looks like Whitefly to me though. Doesn't at all look like thrips. I killed a bunch manually and sprayed with insecticidal soap. Hopefully that will work ok.
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It's a whitefly...using imidacloprid will work, if you're not opposed to that.
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Re: White flies!

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Not sure I can find this in Canada. But I don't worry much about bees since I'm indoors.
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The bee thing is a myth anyway. Mass paranoia doesn't make something true!
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Melt In The Sun wrote:It's a whitefly...using imidacloprid will work, if you're not opposed to that.
Can you still buy that over there. In Europe it has been band. Principal "bee killer!" :protest: :protest: :protest:

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