Looks like an isopod. They feed on dead and decaying matter.
xXIsaac12Xx
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Effective_Test946
I first spray them with 90% alcohol then with some insecticide
TurkeyTerminator7
If it’s only a few at a time, use a q-tip dipped in rubbing alcohol everyday until they stop appearing. You just dab them with it and they quite literally disintegrate.
heckpants
So I’ve only had 1 case of pests with my plants and it was these – mealy bugs. I tried the conventional advice of diluted rubbing alcohol and alcohol on a q tip. Thought I got all of them, but after a couple weeks they were back. So I tried the cycle again two more times. Then I noticed not only were the mealys back, but deep in the crevices of my aglaonema were small black bugs that resembled fleas.
The solution ended up being: I cut it down to a nub and submerged the whole root ball and stem nub in diluted alcohol and then rinsed thoroughly and then inspected closely and removed any remaining mealys with a qtip, repotted. Couple months later and I’ve got new growth and no more pests. But it was a truly horrifying experience.
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Looks like an isopod. They feed on dead and decaying matter.
🤏🏼
I first spray them with 90% alcohol then with some insecticide
If it’s only a few at a time, use a q-tip dipped in rubbing alcohol everyday until they stop appearing. You just dab them with it and they quite literally disintegrate.
So I’ve only had 1 case of pests with my plants and it was these – mealy bugs. I tried the conventional advice of diluted rubbing alcohol and alcohol on a q tip. Thought I got all of them, but after a couple weeks they were back. So I tried the cycle again two more times. Then I noticed not only were the mealys back, but deep in the crevices of my aglaonema were small black bugs that resembled fleas.
The solution ended up being: I cut it down to a nub and submerged the whole root ball and stem nub in diluted alcohol and then rinsed thoroughly and then inspected closely and removed any remaining mealys with a qtip, repotted. Couple months later and I’ve got new growth and no more pests. But it was a truly horrifying experience.
Mealybug…use Spinosad once a week for three weeks
Also use systemic granules in the soil!
https://preview.redd.it/94y67naie5uf1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b630fa9a9c9445f47d612fc5a21461cfcc4fd8f3
This is is new growth and I’m scared to repot. All the old one is dead.
