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title: "This is on my Hoya. It looks hard vs fuzzy but wondering if it mealy…"
description: "This is on my Hoya. It looks hard vs fuzzy but wondering if it mealy bugs or anything else to worry about?"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Jennifer"
published: "2023-11-22T13:33:18.341Z"
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# This is on my Hoya. It looks hard vs fuzzy but wondering if it mealy…

_Posted by Jennifer on 2023-11-22_

This is on my Hoya. It looks hard vs fuzzy but wondering if it mealy bugs or anything else to worry about?

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## 5 comments

### Britt commented on 2023-11-22

Those look like mealy bugs to me! I’m dealing with em as we speak 😓

#### Jennifer replied on 2023-11-22

Thanks. I’m erring on the side of caution and wiped it off with some rubbing alcohol. 🤞🏻 I got it all \& in time.

### Sunny commented on 2023-11-22

They crawled in from somewhere. Wipe under the pot and the area around the pot including nearby plants.

#### Jennifer replied on 2023-11-22

I’m new to owning plants - when they say to check close plants or keep them apart…how far is that? lol I’ve got a slated stand and this one was on a ledge by itself and the next on would be about 12 inches up and another 12 over. Is that close enough for them to have spread?

### Sunny commented on 2023-11-23

Check everything in the room. That’s what I would do because I had mealybugs spread to 5 plants before I realized they were on the move. Took me about 5 weeks to clear them out with the help of tree frogs and lizards because I moved the plants outside in spring!😄

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