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Mookie
Mookie asked in Environment · 2 decades ago

Why do they paint the trees White?

I know it's so that bugs will not eat the leafs on them.

But why white? What effect does it create, how does white affect bugs?

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  • flammable
    Lv 5
    2 decades ago
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    White paint is a repellent, bugs will not climb on white surfaces. Also, the paint is sometimes mixed with malathion insecticide. In any case, it will prevent ants from climbing up the tree and munching up all the leaves.

  • soubassakis
    Lv 6
    2 decades ago

    This has come from old times.

    Then, they were "painting" them with lime (lime is white), which repels not only certain bags, but also some sicknesses of trees.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    it is usually white wash ,the chalk deters ants especially leaf cutter ants ,although there are paints that have CHEMICALS IN THEM ,THIS LAST LONGER BUT IS 5 TIMES AS EXPENSIVE .IF YOU HAVE TO PAINT A FORREST WHITEWASH IS CHEAPER

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    I thot that they were painting the roses red. Ha ha.

    Source(s): Alice in Wonderland
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