LeoMame
Yamadori
Hello Bonsai people,
this morning I spotted 3 or 4 of these tiny insects on the trunk of one my JRP, and as I have no idea of what they could be, let's see if anyone might have some suggestions.
These are dark red, not really moving (but when removed from the tree I could see some wee legs moving) and soft. They were just on the bark, easy to spot because of the color; they are not those red mites who move super fast. Also they were only on the bark, not on the foliage. I will double check this afternoon tho. And they were in the number of 3 or 4.
This brought my attention to the fact that with flaky bark trees is quite complicated to monitor the wood and be sure that no insect will nest between the scales of the bark itself, in fact I found some whitish spots here and there, that could possibly be nests/eggs from other insects. Nothing major, the tree looks healthy, but I wanted to ask you what you do to keep a flaky bark/trunk free of pests? Is it all about prevention? Systemic products?
Let me know, I'll attach some photos of the insect, I understand the quality is not ideal but they are really, really tiny (and my phone's camera is really really poor).
Thanks for any help!
Leo
this morning I spotted 3 or 4 of these tiny insects on the trunk of one my JRP, and as I have no idea of what they could be, let's see if anyone might have some suggestions.
These are dark red, not really moving (but when removed from the tree I could see some wee legs moving) and soft. They were just on the bark, easy to spot because of the color; they are not those red mites who move super fast. Also they were only on the bark, not on the foliage. I will double check this afternoon tho. And they were in the number of 3 or 4.
This brought my attention to the fact that with flaky bark trees is quite complicated to monitor the wood and be sure that no insect will nest between the scales of the bark itself, in fact I found some whitish spots here and there, that could possibly be nests/eggs from other insects. Nothing major, the tree looks healthy, but I wanted to ask you what you do to keep a flaky bark/trunk free of pests? Is it all about prevention? Systemic products?
Let me know, I'll attach some photos of the insect, I understand the quality is not ideal but they are really, really tiny (and my phone's camera is really really poor).
Thanks for any help!
Leo