The genus of hibiscus includes a wide range of flowering plants with magnetic variation in the characteristics of flower , leave of absence and cuss that love to eat them . The Taiwanese hibiscus , Hibiscus rosa - sinensis L. , is a plant that springs from the tropics and fly high only in warm locale .

The genus ofhibiscusincludes a wide-eyed chain of flowering flora with variations in the characteristics of flowers , leaves and pestilence that love to consume them . The Chinese hibiscus , Hibiscus rosa - sinensis L. , is a plant that bound from the tropics and thrives only in tender locales . It can grow in northern climates during the summertime months but must be moved indoors as crepuscle approaches .

Pest Types

A number of pests love to chew on the leaves , flowers and bud of a hibiscus , sucking away the plant succus . According to the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences , these insects admit caterpillars , grasshoppers , snails and slug , beetles , cutworms , leaf miners , weighing machine , mealybugs , wanderer mites , aphids , whitefly and thrips . When big population are allowed to overrun the hibiscus , control can be elusive . ( Ref 1 )

Pink Hibiscus Mealybug

The pink hibiscus mealybug , Maconellicoccus hirsute , first appear on hibiscus plants in south Florida in 2002 , having previously been considered a serious pest of hibiscus only in Africa , Australia and Asia . The louse assail a variety of other plants aside from the hibiscus by stick orangish eggs — that later turn pink before hatching — on the parting of a plant life . live about 30 day , the pink hibiscus mealybug produces as many as 15 generations annually .

Mealybug Damage

Mealybug orchis can overwinter in barque crack , leave of absence and even yield clusters . While course on leaves , they give off a toxic saliva that get the leafage to curl and disfigure . The entire plant can be damage with buds decline to bloom and stem sophisticate . The mealy bug also excretes a honeydew melon that result in the development of black , sooty modeling . In cases of uttermost infestation , the hibiscus faces fatality .

Bug Control

The ladybeetle , Cryptolaemus montrouzieri , feeds on mealybugs and may be able to offer some innate control against the pinkish hibiscus mealybug . Pests that consume hibiscus are generally more of a problem when poor zephyr circulation is present , so be sure to allow for proper spacing of plant . A diverseness of pesticides can mould against the multitude of pests that afflict a hibiscus , but the plant is sensitive to exuberant applications of regulative chemical substance .

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