{"id":2306,"date":"2021-02-10T14:50:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T13:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/?p=2306"},"modified":"2021-02-10T14:50:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T13:50:01","slug":"update-on-biological-control-treatment-of-mealybugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/2021\/02\/10\/update-on-biological-control-treatment-of-mealybugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on biological control treatment of Mealybugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An update and photos from Drew, one of our amazing Horticultural Apprentices, on the biological treatment being carried out on the Ficus trees in The Forum Street:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So yesterday at work I got to apply biological controls to our very poorly Ficus trees. They are suffering from a serious bout of Mealybug which suck the sap and are vectors for diseases. To help combat this in an eco-friendly way, we have applied a healthy dose of Australian ladybirds (Cryptolaemus montrouzieri) which will spend the next few weeks munching on the Mealybugs and hopefully leaving the Ficus much happier&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2307\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/files\/2021\/02\/Forum-Ficus-Trees-Cryptolaemus-treatment-for-Mealy-Bugs-Feb-2021-3.png.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2307 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/files\/2021\/02\/Forum-Ficus-Trees-Cryptolaemus-treatment-for-Mealy-Bugs-Feb-2021-3.png.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The predator insects, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, being placed on the Ficus trees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2308\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/files\/2021\/02\/Forum-Ficus-Trees-Cryptolaemus-treatment-for-Mealy-Bugs-Feb-2021-4.png.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2308 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/files\/2021\/02\/Forum-Ficus-Trees-Cryptolaemus-treatment-for-Mealy-Bugs-Feb-2021-4.png.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The predator insects, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, being placed on the Ficus trees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2309\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/files\/2021\/02\/Forum-Ficus-Trees-Cryptolaemus-treatment-for-Mealy-Bugs-Feb-2021-5.png.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2309 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/files\/2021\/02\/Forum-Ficus-Trees-Cryptolaemus-treatment-for-Mealy-Bugs-Feb-2021-5.png.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Cryptolaemus montrouzieri on its way to eat a Mealybug<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2310\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2310\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/files\/2021\/02\/Forum-Ficus-Trees-Cryptolaemus-treatment-for-Mealy-Bugs-Feb-2021-6.png.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2310 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/files\/2021\/02\/Forum-Ficus-Trees-Cryptolaemus-treatment-for-Mealy-Bugs-Feb-2021-6.png.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the Ficus trees wrapped in the fleece to prevent the insects from escaping<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2311\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/files\/2021\/02\/Forum-Ficus-Trees-Cryptolaemus-treatment-for-Mealy-Bugs-Feb-2021-7.png.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2311 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/buddingnews\/files\/2021\/02\/Forum-Ficus-Trees-Cryptolaemus-treatment-for-Mealy-Bugs-Feb-2021-7.png.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All the Ficus trees wrapped in the fleece to prevent the insects from escaping<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An update and photos from Drew, one of our amazing Horticultural Apprentices, on the biological treatment being carried out on the Ficus trees in The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,23,75,93,113,143,157,197,215,217],"tags":[381,555,557,593,935,1033,1083,1103,1185,1187],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - 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