Honeydew on your cars.

A huge problem. A month ago till now, I started to notice how my cars and outdoor furniture started to get a honeydew sticky feel to it. My neighbor ask me if I had something to remove from his entire car that look like sticky black mold. I told him I was having the same problem also.

I would wash my car and dry it. Five minutes later my entire car had what seemed to be as if a mist of rain had fallen from the sky. I went to remove it, and I notice how it was sticky. I was clueless of what was going on. As I went to one of my customers homes in Miami Beach on one of the Islands, I walked to the back of the house. As I walk on the wood deck my shoes seem sticky. The surrounding area of furniture and any surface seemed sticky from honeydew all over it.

I found the problem. Just click on the link that I found. Since then I will have an expert treat my entire yard. If your daily drivers are outside or you take your F cars to a show, You might want to look for honeydew sprinkles on your car. If you have this falling on your car,move the car. Chances are that the Palm trees or trees have an infestation of the whiteflys on them. Wash the car ASAP.


Whitefly damage by feeding

The whitefly strips nutrients from host plants, leaving a sticky goo and white residue, which makes plants look nasty. In addition, the fly damages car paint, patio furniture and can impair chlorination in swimming pools.

The rugose spiraling whitefly arrived in Miami-Dade County in 2009. The infestation has spread from Monroe to Palm Beach counties. Miami-Dade and University of Florida agriculture extension office scientists say hot summer weather is causing the infestation of the insects to spread along Florida’s east coast more quickly.


Some of the 38 hosts besides gumbo limbo include the following: copper leaf, Norfolk Island Pine, live oak, coconut and sabal palms.

Whiteflies feed by tapping into the Phloem of plants, introducing toxic saliva and decreasing the plants' overall turgor pressure. Since whiteflies congregate in large numbers, susceptible plants can be quickly overwhelmed.

Further harm is done by mold growth encouraged by the honeydew whiteflies secrete.
The fly deposits eggs in a distinctive spiral pattern, leaving behind a white waxy substance.

“These insects also produce significant amounts of ‘honeydew,’ which is the liquid waste it excretes. This ‘honeydew’ is then colonized by a black fungus and called sooty mold. This sticky ‘honeydew’ can accumulate on objects beneath infested trees and slow-moving pedestrians.


WSVN 7 NEWS had this video on this topic.


http://www.wsvn.com/features/articles/helpmehoward/MI93497/javascript-playvideo-6405108-pest-problem-v-news-258167-/