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Sat, May 25, 13 at 13:24
| I've had a redberry mite problem on my blackberry bush for the past 2 years losing half my crop. Finally decided to do something about it this year and I've been spraying Neem Oil twice now the past 3 weeks. I see all this tiny black stuff on some of the leaves, are these dead redberry mites, or does anyone know what this is? The attached picture is a macro pic... Thanks. |
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- Posted by bamboo_rabbit 9A Inverness FL (My Page) on Sat, May 25, 13 at 14:18
| No not mites...leaves are probably a little sticky so detritus is sticking to them. The black stuff does look like insect frass though. |
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- Posted by larry_gene USDA8b-OregonPDX (My Page) on Sat, May 25, 13 at 23:13
| The frass indicates you have some chewed leaves above the frass deposit. Mites would more likely be a pale color and no larger than the whitish specks on your leaf. When alive, they scurry quickly, can traverse a whole leaf in a few seconds. |
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