May 21, 2005

Little black bugs

Lots of little black bugs the size of fleas are infesting the tender growing tips of this Tenuifolium. They don't move. They seem to just hunker down to suck the juices of the new growth. Ants walk all over them like they're ground tiles. Scraping squishes them easily. Pesticide spraying gets them off for a day or two, but they quickly return. Tree seems okay, so I'll just leave it. Tree has grown a few inches since first planted.

Pittosporum Tenuifolium

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