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Is this the sign of mealy bugs?? It wipes away but I don’t see anything crawling!

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  1. Madison

    It’s normal to not see mealy bugs actually crawling. The middle photo does look like a mealy bug to me, but some of the other spots look like normal little blemishes that just happen in the compact leaves sometimes. You can dab a q-tip in rubbing alcohol and rub away at those spots to kill any mealy bugs. If it doesn’t come off with that, it’s probably just a normal spot. After that, I’d probably give it a bath in some insecticidal soap solution to really kill off any lingering ones that you didn’t see, wait 3-12 hours, and then rinse the leaves off by spraying or dunking them into fresh water. Then set it in front of a fan to dry for 12-24 hours to prevent water from getting trapped in and rotting any of the compact leaves.

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