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title: "Hi everyone. Does this look like pest damage? I haven’t seen any…"
description: "Hi everyone. Does this look like pest damage? I haven’t seen any insects but there’s definitely something going on here. Some of the spots on the stems are…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Florence"
published: "2025-07-03T18:55:16.374335Z"
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# Hi everyone. Does this look like pest damage? I haven’t seen any…

_Posted by Florence on 2025-07-03_

Hi everyone. Does this look like pest damage? I haven’t seen any insects but there’s definitely something going on here. Some of the spots on the stems are sticky.

![Attachment 1 of 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/mxRBiRrXBAiF5qWmRJzgcf487dgkINSdSsfssU5XDbQ/mw9F4forTmauijRoWqmgJw.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 2 of 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/mxRBiRrXBAiF5qWmRJzgcf487dgkINSdSsfssU5XDbQ/9Ur6808RSrCdkKM1F-Jngw.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 3 of 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/mxRBiRrXBAiF5qWmRJzgcf487dgkINSdSsfssU5XDbQ/Wpf5NIdURZ6vgtWr7F_sVw.webp?size=large)

![Attachment 4 of 4](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/mxRBiRrXBAiF5qWmRJzgcf487dgkINSdSsfssU5XDbQ/ox0MjGPkThCyk3Xthy271A.webp?size=large)

## 4 comments

### Tessa commented on 2025-07-03

It looks like fungal rust to me. Research it and let me know what you think.

### Plantmommie03 commented on 2025-07-03

Do u have fungal gnats ?

#### Florence replied on 2025-07-03

No gnats. I just used to the sticky traps in case they could catch potential pests I wasn’t seeing.

#### Plantmommie03 replied on 2025-07-03

Hmmm interesting an no little mites ? How odd

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