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Maggi Young
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June 15, 2017, 04:48:52 PM »
It seems another pest is amongst us.... Golden Root Mealy Bug..... note from the RBGE
and this from the RHS :
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=830
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June 19, 2017, 10:14:10 AM »
Hi Maggi,
when I lived near the Dandenongs in Melbourne I think we referred to them as "yellow root aphids" though of course they look more like mealy bugs.
They can devastate an entire primula collection I've been told!
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