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title: "Need help saving my dragon scale alocasia! It has mealy bugs so I’ve…"
description: "Need help saving my dragon scale alocasia! It has mealy bugs so I’ve been treating it by dipping a q-tip into rubbing alcohol and dabbing onto the infected…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Violette"
published: "2025-07-11T16:56:09.871759Z"
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# Need help saving my dragon scale alocasia! It has mealy bugs so I’ve…

_Lagt ut av Violette den 2025-07-11_

Need help saving my dragon scale alocasia!  
It has mealy bugs so I’ve been treating it by dipping a q-tip into rubbing alcohol and dabbing onto the infected parts I see, but I can’t seem to ever get rid of them fully.  
A couple of leaves are also dying and I don’t know if it’s because of the bugs or the treatment I’ve been doing.  
I had a baby leaf coming but I treated it with some rubbing alcohol yesterday because I saw mealy bugs on it, but today it was going yellow and looked very limp so I just took it off the plant.

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## 3 kommentarer

### alexkazam19 kommenterte den 2025-07-11

I had mealy bugs on my regal shield and did a few rounds of insecticidal soap. That seemed to do the trick! I’ve heard alcohol, especially undiluted, can cause damage to leaves, so I generally try to avoid it there specifically. Make sure you spray the stems and even in cataphylls. I found some hanging out in the tiny space after a leaf unfurled on my variegated frydek and did a round of the soap on that too. No problems since!

#### Violette svarte den 2025-07-11

What brand of soap did you use?

#### alexkazam19 svarte den 2025-07-12

I believe I used Garden Safe but I have Captain Jack’s as well

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