melia bug

Hi, My wife has just showed me something that is destroying her plants in the garden, she calls it Melia bug(english) its like small white cotton wool balls growing on the plants and in the trees. anyone heard of it or knows what it is and how to get rid of it.

Hi not heard of it but if you take a picture and take it to the garden ctr at the top of Lemon Tree road quesada end, Nature Plant they will give you what you need they are verry good

They are called mealy bugs.

http://howto.yellow.co.nz/home-garden/g ... ealy-bugs/
Click on this link for some good tips to treat them!!

Thanks Guys, think she has tried most of them but will press on.

If it's in your pine trees you've got problems, they are called processional caterpillars and they need to be cleared professionally, do not disturb them because the give off short hairs which can kill your pets if ingested, even dousing them in petrol and setting light to them will not kill them.I know because I have tried. Get them diagnosed quickly.

Thanks pastyman,but they are just on the plants , we have no pine trees.