Re: [CH] insect, fungus, UFO alien...?
Rich McCormack (macknet@pacbell.net)
Sat, 30 Jun 2001 11:49:50 -0700
Rich McCormack wrote:
>
> Some of the plants in my garden (chiles, beans and tomatillos) are
> showing up with what looks like alien "crop circles" on their leaves.
> It's a white, powdery deposit generally in the form of a circular
> spiral...
> http://home.pacbell.net/macknet/leafcircle.html
Marilyn Reese responded offlist with what is most likely the answer
to my query...whitefly eggs, spiraling whitefly to be exact. I've
never seen whitefly eggs depositied in such a pattern before...new
one on me. I'll take the appropriate steps to head off any further
trouble. Here's a link with a photo of the spiral egg pattern
similar to what I discovered on my plants...
http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/view/whitefli.htm
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