Hi all,
I am having a big problem with some unidentified pests on my young chilli plants. They are sap drinkers, extremely small (0.5mm-1mm) cream-coloured with two large eyes and two antenae. They almost look like eggs until you close up with a magnifying glass. I am assuming they are the larvae of something and I haven't seen whether or not they turn into a flying creatures, but they can multiply at a great rate of knots!! I've looked at fruit fly, aphids etc. and have googled images for chilli pests, but so far have not found anything like them. I live in South Africa and so it is possible that they are indigenous here. I'll try and get a picture of them and post, but in the meantime if anyone has any ideas I would most welcome them! I can google-image suggestions and let you know. The one thing that seems to stop, or slow them is "garden ripcord", of which the active ingredient is: Cypermethrin (Pyrethroid).
Thanks all in advance, and I'm glad I found this site for like minded chilli fans :-)
I am having a big problem with some unidentified pests on my young chilli plants. They are sap drinkers, extremely small (0.5mm-1mm) cream-coloured with two large eyes and two antenae. They almost look like eggs until you close up with a magnifying glass. I am assuming they are the larvae of something and I haven't seen whether or not they turn into a flying creatures, but they can multiply at a great rate of knots!! I've looked at fruit fly, aphids etc. and have googled images for chilli pests, but so far have not found anything like them. I live in South Africa and so it is possible that they are indigenous here. I'll try and get a picture of them and post, but in the meantime if anyone has any ideas I would most welcome them! I can google-image suggestions and let you know. The one thing that seems to stop, or slow them is "garden ripcord", of which the active ingredient is: Cypermethrin (Pyrethroid).
Thanks all in advance, and I'm glad I found this site for like minded chilli fans :-)