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Poinsettia Problem Diagnostic Key - Symptoms / Cause

Plant Structure
Leaves
Bracts

Stems

Roots
Insects
Shipping Related Problems
Problems at the Consumer Level
Small, cigar shaped insect
White flying insect
Opaque to yellowish scale-like insect
Small, greyish-black mosquitoe-like fly
Small maggot with shiny black head capsule and white body found in root substrate
Small robust black fly with gray wings with clear spots
Small maggot, opaque yellowish-brown in color with no head capsule found in root substrate
Small, eight-legged mite with faint spots
White to grayish colored, cottony insect

 

Small (2.5 mm) mosquito-like fly, with long, slender legs, and greyish-black in color (Fungus Gnat adult)
 
 
 
 
 
 

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