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title: "Does anyone know what kind of pest this is? My Monstera Esqueleto has…"
description: "Does anyone know what kind of pest this is? My Monstera Esqueleto has 2 leaves with this stuff but all the other leaves are fine so I chopped the 2 bad ones…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/UeI834LBSHCioL8MwLcQxA/6580c8a452cec07aaef9cc5f"
community: "Monstera Maniacs"
author: "Chita"
published: "2023-12-18T22:33:08.756Z"
language: "en"
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# Does anyone know what kind of pest this is? My Monstera Esqueleto has…

_Posted by Chita on 2023-12-18_

Does anyone know what kind of pest this is? My Monstera Esqueleto has 2 leaves with this stuff but all the other leaves are fine so I chopped the 2 bad ones off to hopefully avoid spreading. However it may have already spread without being able to tell so if anyone knows how I can help it from getting worse please advise! Thank you!

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## 4 comments

### Chita commented on 2023-12-19

Okay, thank you all for your advice! I will treat and monitor

### Amie206 commented on 2023-12-19

If you don’t want to change out soil you can also use systemic granules. They’re a once every 8 week application. It was the last step I took with all my plants after dealing with major pests this summer

### Brandy commented on 2023-12-19

Definitley thrips, my alocasia quilted dreams and monstera Peru have the same problem. Good luck😩

### Mzjenny commented on 2023-12-31

Thrips 💯

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