KristenR Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 :ack2: Its some very very tiny black beetle looking bug. I can't actually see them on the tree but they are all over the floor. Slow moving. Don't seem to fly. Anyone ever hear of this? Can I safely spray the tree with something??? I'm so grossed out right now. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eight_gregorys Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Oh, no! That sounds terrible. I have no advice, but I do offer sympathy. Bugs of any sort....blech. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lilreds in NC Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 And another vote in my book for a fake tree! Ack! I found this link: Debug Your Christmas Tree Basically it says that nothing harmful is going to come in on your Christmas tree. Most bug require humidity to live, and there isn't much in the air at this time of year, so they should all "dessicate" within a few days, and they won't have food either, so they won't live long. They say DO NOT spray aerosol bug sprays because those are flammable. If they are creeping you out, vacuum the little critters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThelmaLou Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 If you bought it at a local nursery, I'd return it and get a new one. We had a tree that died shortly after buying it a few years ago, and the nursery replaced it no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3peasinapod Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 :ack2: Blech is right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candid Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 If you go to a garden center you can find a product which is a spray on soap that kills many insects. It is nonflammable and nonpoisonous (unless, I suppose you decide to drink the whole bottle). It works by suffocating the bugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristenR Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 I just found this somewhat reassuring article... http://www.extension.iastate.edu/news/2006/nov/072001.htm {sigh} This is such a downer. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 And another vote in my book for a fake tree! Ack! :iagree::iagree::iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abigail4476 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I thought for sure I had just posted to this thread. Oh, well...I must be going senile early. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
give_me_a_latte Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 We had this happen one year. It was soo gross. I feel you. We ended up throwing the tree outside. The farm where we got it refunded our money, but we were out a tree for Christmas. The bugs won't hurt you.....but they sure are gross. From what I remember, as the tree dries out the bugs die (they live off the sap). But yeah. No fun at all. And why I'll never have another real tree in my house again :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Yup. BTDT except for it was spiders. Not tons, mind you, but enough that dh and I promptly went out and purchased a fake tree and have never looked back. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Oh ick! We never had a problem when we had real trees. We switched to fake since it is cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinivanMom Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 We had this happen to us one year. We noticed the bugs shortly after Christmas (crawling all over our tree skirt). We sure got that tree out of our house fast. I don't know what we would have done if we had been out a tree for Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenda in FL Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Imagine Christmas morning, eight children still opening gifts, all the aunts and uncles and grandparents from Florida enjoying the holiday in the NC mountains with their fresh cut tree from the tree farm decorated with homemade ornaments. Then the discovery of little bugs falling on the little girls and the swarms of aphids crawling up and down the trunk of the tree. We laugh at how we threw that tree out the sliding glass door down the hillside below on Christmas morning, but everyone was very creeped out! We have since moved to NC and I can not bring myself to buy a real tree here. I keep hoping that we will find a tree lot that gets their trees from states further north, but I keep hearing that most of the nation's trees come from NC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenda in FL Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Forgot to add-they are most likely aphids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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