Ladybugs!

Here is a link that might be useful: organic white fly control

Whiteflies, even if all over the yard, are seasonal.

I suggest you contact your county's Extension Service office to verify the ID, also for effective management options.

Use this clickable USDA map to locate your county's office:
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/Extension/

Here is a link that might be useful: locate your county's extension service office

Dawn is a detergent, not a soap, and has little to no insecticidal properties, you need to use a real soap to make an Insecticidal Soap spray. Contact your local Texas A & M Cooperative Extension Serice office about identifying these properly and also about having a good reliable soil test done.

Here is a link that might be useful: About Whiteflies

What did you try?
What worked for you?

Hi jolj

Ive tried a homemade concoction of dish soap and oil in a mixture that was sprayed using a hose end ortho sprayer. I've tried insecticidal soap then a few days later neem oil most recently. I've tried a bug blaster with a strong spray. I've sprayed entire yard with seaweed and molasses which was a recommendation by "Soil Menders". I've added microlife to flower bed and lawn instead of regular fertilizers that I use to use as I've heard that helps. I've also ordered lacewing beneficial insects which I put out 2-3 weeks ago but I'm afraid that all the other spraying has probably killed them. I ordered the lacewings in shipments of 3 so I have 2 more shipments to come. I've tried spraying with the soaps and neem every 4-5 days as suggested . Nothing seems to be working. I'm going to try and check with county extension office as someone earlier suggested! This has just been terrible! I'm afraid to plant new plants. The whiteflies have destroyed alot of my plants such as violas, pansies , by new geraniums and are also affecting some other plants. They seem to be living in my boxwood shrubs and lingustrums and also some shrubs in my back yard that have red berrries on them. Thanks for suggestions!

Garlic Oil Spray
10-15 cloves of minced garlic
2 tsp. mineral oil
600 ml water
1 tsp. liquid dish soap
Soak garlic in mineral oil for 24 hours. Strain garlic out and add 600 ml water and 1 tsp. liquid dish soap. Mix thoroughly. Spray plants with this solution.
Pests affected: Aphids, spider ites, and whiteflies

Try this one, it works for me.

Garlic is non-selective--kills the good bugs, too. I use shoofly (nicandra physaloides) for control in the greenhouse after trying everything else. It is easy to grow, pretty blue flowers, and reseeds.

I also leave my wasps alone to do their job. I have yellowjackets and red hornets & they keep the plants free of aphids, etc. Make sure they have a water source & watch for them when you're working with plants.

I've also ordered lacewing beneficial insects which I put out 2-3 weeks ago but I'm afraid that all the other spraying has probably killed them.

Sweet.

I see no mention of trapping, which will supplement the proper spraying, as the flies that are flying when spraying won't be affected.

Dan

Yellow sticky traps.

While this article is about whitefly control in the greenhouse it does have information that can help.

Here is a link that might be useful: Whitefly control