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by BooHead
Sat May 28, 2016 10:38 pm
Forum: Bugs, beasts and diseases
Topic: BamV or perhaps something else?
Replies: 5
Views: 6045

Re: BamV or perhaps something else?

I am confident that those are mites. I have seen both mites and mosaic virus on Bambusa plants. The "webbing" really looks to me like a very thin layer of plastic covering the colony. Use a hand lens, and look at the back of every leaf until you find a colony with the webbing intact. This...
by BooHead
Tue May 24, 2016 8:49 pm
Forum: Bugs, beasts and diseases
Topic: BamV or perhaps something else?
Replies: 5
Views: 6045

Re: BamV or perhaps something else?

Google bamboo mite damage and see what you think, it looks pretty spot on to me. No pun intended... Hmmm, yes it does, although some pictures of BaMV look like that as well. I would have expected the underside of a mite infested leaf to have more of that webbing/tenting stuff on the back. These lea...
by BooHead
Mon May 23, 2016 7:03 pm
Forum: Bugs, beasts and diseases
Topic: BamV or perhaps something else?
Replies: 5
Views: 6045

BamV or perhaps something else?

Any idea what ails my bamboos? Could this be the dreaded BamV?
It has gotten to my Oldhamii (pictured), Vittata, Wamin, and now perhaps my Dendro Minor Amoenus.
Top view of Oldhamii leaves.
Top view of Oldhamii leaves.
Bottom of Oldhamii leaves.
Bottom of Oldhamii leaves.