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title: "Help!! Looks like different stages of mealy bugs - please confirm!!…"
description: "Help!! Looks like different stages of mealy bugs - please confirm!! Should I use rubbing alcohol or neem oil to get rid of them?? Plant is a pumpkin plant,…"
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# Help!! Looks like different stages of mealy bugs - please confirm!!…

_Lagt ut av Thriving4Green den 2025-03-11_

Help!! Looks like different stages of mealy bugs - please confirm!!  
Should I use rubbing alcohol or neem oil to get rid of them??  
Plant is a pumpkin plant, succulent I believe.

![Vedlegg 1 av 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/0kpqzSnv3c81c-lcfteuCNz3E0rcNt5DhreX5FEDDDo/IwoUChmrTSCaePHa_fZtfg.webp?size=large)

![Vedlegg 2 av 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/0kpqzSnv3c81c-lcfteuCNz3E0rcNt5DhreX5FEDDDo/UoCFX6k9RFaE-UPm76useQ.webp?size=large)

![Vedlegg 3 av 3](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/0kpqzSnv3c81c-lcfteuCNz3E0rcNt5DhreX5FEDDDo/L4R_qBmjQWKXXZdaeNg9cA.webp?size=large)

## 5 kommentarer

### Alyssa kommenterte den 2025-03-12

Yep! Definite mealies, treat with rubbing alcohol only and try and get all of them. If all else fails, pour rubbing alcohol into a large enough bowl to fully dunk your plant in. Beware, these suckers can also find their way under the soil and make nests there

#### Thriving4Green svarte den 2025-03-12

Thank you!! I will do this now!

### Phil kommenterte den 2025-03-12

I have switched to insecticidal soap. But still do the swab and alcohol first. You are not done at that point. You need to keep looking and spraying for a few weeks. I usually spray every three days for three weeks.

#### Thriving4Green svarte den 2025-03-12

Thank you! 🤞🤞

### Phil kommenterte den 2025-03-12

And check nearby plants too.

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