They are hellspawn. No but in all honesty they are mealy bugs. From what I know you can dab them each with a cotton bud soaked in undiluted isopropyl alcohol and that dissolves them. There may be more than that that you can do but I personally have never had the pleasure of dealing with them. Good luck!
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the jumpscare is real 😬 go get em!
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Mealy bugs
prehistoric_monster
Meely Bugs, if you don’t plan to get ants or any other insects that use them as food and honeydew source I suggest you to just wash them off, they’re not that bad once you have a control predator or ants but they can boom and are a nightmare for those who don’t want to start creating terrarium mini ecosystems.
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I have had these buggers a few times over the years on my orchids. 80%+ undiluted isopropyl alcohol will work but they live in the crevices and between and under leave cruxes and husks. The best solution I have found is Captain Jack’s copper fungicide. I mix it to the directed amount and fully spray the areas around the indications as well as hit the leaf cruxes and husk areas. It’s the easiest on the plants yet stronger than alcohol mixture I have found. A time or two with captain jacks and the mealy bugs will be gone. Watch for scale, mealy bugs and scale usually associate in the same areas and conditions. Scale is an alcohol only issue, the CU fungicide doesn’t help with Scale sadly. Get on it now as mealy bugs can take off very quickly if you don’t get on top of the issue.
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They are hellspawn. No but in all honesty they are mealy bugs. From what I know you can dab them each with a cotton bud soaked in undiluted isopropyl alcohol and that dissolves them. There may be more than that that you can do but I personally have never had the pleasure of dealing with them. Good luck!
the jumpscare is real 😬 go get em!
Mealy bugs
Meely Bugs, if you don’t plan to get ants or any other insects that use them as food and honeydew source I suggest you to just wash them off, they’re not that bad once you have a control predator or ants but they can boom and are a nightmare for those who don’t want to start creating terrarium mini ecosystems.
I have had these buggers a few times over the years on my orchids. 80%+ undiluted isopropyl alcohol will work but they live in the crevices and between and under leave cruxes and husks. The best solution I have found is Captain Jack’s copper fungicide. I mix it to the directed amount and fully spray the areas around the indications as well as hit the leaf cruxes and husk areas. It’s the easiest on the plants yet stronger than alcohol mixture I have found. A time or two with captain jacks and the mealy bugs will be gone. Watch for scale, mealy bugs and scale usually associate in the same areas and conditions. Scale is an alcohol only issue, the CU fungicide doesn’t help with Scale sadly. Get on it now as mealy bugs can take off very quickly if you don’t get on top of the issue.
Good luck!