Infestation of my Juniper?? Yipe! Help?

[BonRy_an]

Spidermite eggs? I just discovered spidermite web and I started to rinse the foliage of the plant with water and manually take all the webs off. I just noticed it two days ago and we have had quite a few hot days in a row.

Is this rust? Infestation or what?


Thanks in advance!

 

[Dav4]

Definitely not spider mite eggs...the adults are barely visible with the naked eye so I would assume the eggs should be even smaller. Those are insect eggs, though I can't say from what. If you can manually remove them then you should be ok, I would think.

 

[Smoke]

You may be one lucky dude. Those look like ladybug eggs to me!

 

[BonRy_an]

All the lady bug eggs I can find online are orange I hope they are lady bugs because that would be pretty sweet. They are not harmful to the juniper are they?

 

[Kevster]

If eating the insects that prey on your bonsai then yes they are über harmful! And the larva that hatches. You need to scoop them up into a jar immediately and mail them to me so I can dispose of them properly onto my plants. Their larva eat aphids and spider mites like there is no tomorrow.

 

[BonRy_an]

That is interesting I found a dead lady bug in my pot one day, and was wondering why it was in there. I treated it with respect, and put it somewhere safe where it could rest

I am glad that the ladybug decided my tree was a good place to host the next generation :-D

 

[Kevster]

Lmao!!! You are lucky! People actually pay for lady bug larva.