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title: "So I’ve had my first encounter with mealybugs. Found them yesterday…"
description: "So I’ve had my first encounter with mealybugs. Found them yesterday on my Hoya and now on my Alocasia. All the other plants in the vicinity seem to be okay.…"
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author: "GreenLeaf"
published: "2023-07-04T17:40:57.252Z"
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# So I’ve had my first encounter with mealybugs. Found them yesterday…

_Publicado por GreenLeaf el 2023-07-04_

So I’ve had my first encounter with mealybugs. Found them yesterday on my Hoya and now on my Alocasia. All the other plants in the vicinity seem to be okay. I’ve treated both with insecticidal soap. Any other suggestions to help kill them?  
I’ve used a diluted hydrogen peroxide solution for gnat flies before. Anyone have success using it on mealybugs as well?

## 8 comentarios

### MeasomerPi comentó el 2023-07-04

Rubbing alcohol kills them on contact. Moisten a cotton swab and rub in the crooks and crannies.

If you haven’t already, quarantine the two infected plants. And because I am extra paranoid, I would treat any plants they touched with insecticidal soap.

Good luck!

#### GreenLeaf respondió el 2023-07-04

Thank you!

#### Rhonda respondió el 2023-07-04

I think Planta even says something about cleaning the wall and surroundings where they were

#### iambijoux respondió el 2023-07-04

If I’m not mistaken, male mature mealies can fly. I’d take dry it away from any other plants…

### iambijoux comentó el 2023-07-04

I had mealies on a Hindi rope. I treated it for WEEKS with cotton swabs, neem, and systemic. Someone in a local plant group recommended I spray it with a 50-50 water/isopropyl mist. Haven’t seen the little buggers since. The other remedies should do for your Alocasia…

#### iambijoux respondió el 2023-07-04

I don’t think I sprayed it with the 50/50 more than twice

#### pg respondió el 2023-07-04

Did you just lightly mist it or soak it pretty good when you sprayed it?

#### iambijoux respondió el 2023-07-04

Real good. Because desperation.

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