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Citrus => Citrus General Discussion => Topic started by: BonsaiBeast on October 09, 2018, 11:06:36 PM
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This is on a satsuma Mandarin tree, about 6 years old
(https://i.postimg.cc/cryxLjS8/IMG_20181009_132724678_HDR.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/cryxLjS8)
(https://i.postimg.cc/sQGzVPHc/IMG_20181009_132640316.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/sQGzVPHc)
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Citrus whitefly (Dialeurodes citri).
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That doesn't look like white fly infestation that I have had. Looks more like a fungus or scale.
TFN
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I noticed a similar looking white fuzz on my trees after spraying for scale. It looks to be a fungus growing on the cottony-cusion-scale corpses. Mine isn't in thick patches like yours, though, not sure if its the same.
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So we arent certain of what it is?
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I am not sure it is Dialeurodes citri because there are hundreds of species, but I am sure it is a whitefly.
Did you search for photos of white fly?
You will see the woolly colonies.
Shake your plant and tell us what happens. ;D
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Check out pictures of wooly aphids. Closest thing I can find.
TFN