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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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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?…

_Daysha님이 2023-08-28에 게시함_

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

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/y0WI0oaNse537TORL9FTh4G1-bqstREAXcfzHnlHO88/e6329f6149564eaa89859780a5d2f868.webp?size=large)

## 6개의 댓글

### Sunny님이 2023-08-28에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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.

#### Daysha님이 2023-08-28에 답변했습니다.

Thank you so much!

### ro \<3님이 2023-08-28에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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 \<3님이 2023-08-28에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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

### Sunny님이 2023-08-28에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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.님이 2023-08-28에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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

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