Newsgroups: sci.bio Path: utzoo!utgpu!dtinker From: dtinker@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (David Tinker) Subject: Little White insects on my herbs... Message-ID: <1990Mar20.023600.644@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> Followup-To: sci.bio Keywords: whitefly pest greenhouse Reply-To: dtinker@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca Organization: Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Toronto References: Distribution: tor Date: Tue, 20 Mar 90 02:36:00 GMT In article , djd%scgrp@aimed.UUCP (David Dmytryshyn) writes: >I have five Herb plants (marjoram, parsely, chives, oregano, basil >and rosemary) growing under a growth lamp inside the house which >have become moderately infested with little white-winged insects >which reside on the underside of the leaves of all but the chives >........ You have undoubtedly acquired a population of 'White Moth' or 'Whitefly' as it is called in Britain - one of the major greenhouse pests. "The adults are like miniature moths with white wings, and the larvae are small scale- like creatures, generally greenish in colour, which feed without movement on the undersides of the leaves." (source, would you believe it, 'Pears Cyclopaedia, 84th edition' - couldn't locate a reference in any of my garden books). Control recommended in Pears is lindane or malathion spray. My recommendation would be to burn the plants (or give them to someone you dislike). U. of T. Botany department's greenhouse superintendent might be able to offer advice. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! David O. Tinker ! ^ ^ ! UUCP: dtinker@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca ! ! Department of Biochemistry !< O O >! BITNET: dtinker@vm.utcs.utoronto.ca ! ! University of Toronto ! ^ ! BIX: dtinker !