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tiny white bugs on tomatoes

16 years ago

Hi all, I have been trying to look at old posts and images to figure this out, but so far I believe I'm unsuccessful.

I have these teeny white things that literally look like lint on some (not all) of my tomato plants. They appear to be on the leaves and around the fruits and blossoms. I don't think they're white flies or aphids or thrips.

Any other suggestions? Thanks so much. I already tried spraying some murphys oil soap solution on them but that mostly helped with the aphids.

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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
16 years ago
Could you possibly be seeing the shed skins of aphids? They leave them laying around all over the place like messy teenagers.
Kimmsr
16 years ago
My first thoughts were Mealy Bugs, wee, tiny, fuzzy white scales. A sharp water spray is the first line of defense.

Here is a link that might be useful: Mealy bugs
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