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title: "I found a few of these white bugs in my orange tree, what are they?…"
description: "I found a few of these white bugs in my orange tree, what are they? And how do I get rid of them? 😭"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Daysha"
published: "2023-08-28T00:17:58.396Z"
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# I found a few of these white bugs in my orange tree, what are they?…

_Posted by Daysha on 2023-08-28_

I found a few of these white bugs in my orange tree, what are they? And how do I get rid of them? 😭

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## 6 comments

### Sunny commented on 2023-08-28

Looks like mealy bugs. Treat with insecticidal soap or neem oil. Isolate the plant. Mealy bugs quickly spreads. It takes a few applications and could take weeks to get rid of them if they are allowed to colonize.

#### Daysha replied on 2023-08-28

Thank you so much!

### ro \<3 commented on 2023-08-28

definitely take the other persons advice but also isolate it from your other plants. mealys can travel through the air in their early life stages and can easily crawl to your nearby plants

### ro \<3 commented on 2023-08-28

what’s helped me in the past is to put the infected plant in a separate room and dab the bugs with a diluted mixture of rubbing alcohol. i’ve used a cotton swab before and that seems to work well

### Sunny commented on 2023-08-28

Alcohol will kill the ones you see. It won’t kill the eggs in the soil. You still need to take additional measures. Eggs hatch as fast as one day.

### Maggie B. commented on 2023-08-28

Consider repotting with new soil, throw the infected soil away.

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