--- title: "I noticed these weird whitish gray bumps on my cactus, I thought it…" description: "I noticed these weird whitish gray bumps on my cactus, I thought it was some kind of pest or something caused by a pest, I picked a few off and they didn’t…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/3dMpLFtLQa2UejuRJV7msw?language=ko" community: "Pests, diseases and problems" author: "Tyler" published: "2024-04-16T22:13:51.423583Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Q3jLYkTwDl-Yu1P_a1B2HQFhBGZr01o0SZnAe9Vp9lw/VvQqMigxT-qIxAXNgD-ycQ.webp?size=large" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=ko) # I noticed these weird whitish gray bumps on my cactus, I thought it… _Tyler님이 2024-04-16에 게시함_ I noticed these weird whitish gray bumps on my cactus, I thought it was some kind of pest or something caused by a pest, I picked a few off and they didn’t move but the photo looks quite like some kind of pest. But I have no idea what it is and how to treat it. ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/Q3jLYkTwDl-Yu1P_a1B2HQFhBGZr01o0SZnAe9Vp9lw/VvQqMigxT-qIxAXNgD-ycQ.webp?size=large) ## 14개의 댓글 ### Sam님이 2024-04-16에 댓글을 남겼어요. Looks like mealy bugs to me #### Tyler님이 2024-04-16에 답변했습니다. Thank you ### Plant mom님이 2024-04-16에 댓글을 남겼어요. Yeah, I agree or it might be Spider mites I haven’t really seen with Spider mites but I don’t know if that’s them but yeah, I would definitely get pest spray. Soak them in there spray them with it. #### Tyler님이 2024-04-16에 답변했습니다. Does Neem oil work? #### Plant Addict님이 2024-04-17에 답변했습니다. I wouldn’t say spider mites. They look pretty different and there would be tiny webbing and they are difficult to spot. Looks like mealy bugs, larger and cotton-like. #### Plant Addict님이 2024-04-17에 답변했습니다. I haven’t had luck with neem oil but an insecticidal soap, systemic, and isopropyl alcohol all work well for mealy bois. I personally spray the isopropyl on when dealing with mealy bugs because they are easy to miss but people don’t particularly like that. Idk, my boss has a degree in horticulture, she does it, I do it, it works lol 🤷‍♀️ ### Plant mom님이 2024-04-16에 댓글을 남겼어요. Yes it dose #### Tyler님이 2024-04-16에 답변했습니다. Thank you #### Plant mom님이 2024-04-16에 답변했습니다. Just glad to help ! ### Plant mom님이 2024-04-16에 댓글을 남겼어요. Does\* ### Plant mom님이 2024-04-16에 댓글을 남겼어요. You might want to quarantine that plant after you do it so that way your other plants don’t get spider mites or whatever that it is on them or you might want to do the same thing putting neem oil them but either works. I’m just saying for my experience with that. ### Tee Jay님이 2024-04-17에 댓글을 남겼어요. Oh no! It’s mealybug. You can spray them directly with 70% alcohol and squish them with a q tip. Treat the rest of the plant with insecticidal soap. Keep treating because they are tough to get rid of. Clean around the pot too because they like to form cocoons almost anywhere on and around the plant. ### S.R님이 2024-04-17에 댓글을 남겼어요. Mealybugs! You can see their little bodies if you zoom in on the photo. Tanya has good tips in the post above 👆🏻 ### Sam님이 2024-04-17에 댓글을 남겼어요. When I had mealy bugs I used rubbing alcohol on a cotton swab to kill them. And a spray the plant with them. --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_