Crape myrtle aphids create problemsBlanchard, Tobie M
Start your preventative treatment in May. Crape myrtles are one of the last trees to leaf out in the spring so any time after the first of May would be a good time to start your preventative treatment. Crape myrtle trees have a thin bark and so we use this to our advantage in applyin...
minute pirate bugs (Orius spp.), syrphid flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) and green lacewings (Chrysoperla sp.) are voracious predators that feed on different pest species, especially aphids. Therefore, maintaining some aphids on crape myrtles
1. Protect New Growth from Aphids These little pests love the new growth on a crape myrtle tree. Check for aphids often to keep them from spreading from the crape myrtle to your other plants. Aphids like the sticky substance on the new shoots that pop up around the bottom of the tree....
Crapemyrtle bark scale is a hemipterous insect under the superfamily of Coccoidea (scale insects), which is closely related to other piercing-sucking insects such as mealybugs (Pseudococcidae), aphids (Aphididae), whiteflies (Aleyrodidae), and psyllids (Psyllidae)6. According to previous studies...
Spraying a large crape myrtle can be difficult, so systemic drenches are often the recommendation treatment. I’m not a fan of these types of products for curing infestations, but they seem to do a tolerable job as preventatives where the problems have been known to exist in the past. For...
Crape myrtle aphids cause fungus to grow on treesGill, Daniel J
Treatment effectiveness was evaluated at 4 DAT by randomly clipping 2 leaves from the upper grown region and 2 leaves from the mid-crown region. Hurricane Hugo (22 Sep) decimated the aphids and prevented further sampling. Adult and immature aphids were counted using a binocular microscope.Booth ...
Rid Crape Myrtle of Aphids with WaterByline: ELLEN DUDEK Q: My crape myrtles have aphids, and the upper surface of the leaves is...Dudek, Ellen
Byline: Paula Lamb We have an old crape myrtle that has black, sooty mold on a large portion...Lamb, Paula