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title: "How the heck did this thing get mealybugs when it wasn't near any…"
description: "How the heck did this thing get mealybugs when it wasn't near any other plant and it's been in the same spot for two years?"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "MummaDeb"
published: "2024-07-07T17:30:46.962204Z"
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# How the heck did this thing get mealybugs when it wasn't near any…

_Posted by MummaDeb on 2024-07-07_

How the heck did this thing get mealybugs when it wasn't near any other plant and it's been in the same spot for two years?

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## 14 comments

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-07-07

ooof so many 🙊

#### eatyacarbs replied on 2024-07-07

any chance you have it in the kitchen near groceries? bananas and other produce can bring them in 😬

#### MummaDeb replied on 2024-07-07

No. It was in my front window away from all the other plants thank God. I can't figure it out. I just cleaned the whole thing off with alcohol and now I'm going to treat the soil with hydrogen peroxide. I have had that plants since it was 2 inches long. Not one I want to lose. It's going in quarantine. Then I need to go check all the others. What a mess!

#### eatyacarbs replied on 2024-07-07

An infestation this massive takes time — keep your eyes on it!! 😬 good luck!! 💚

#### MummaDeb replied on 2024-07-07

It was literally less than a week ago that I turned it in the window and didn't see a thing! That is crazy! I had a couple of plants near it and I couldn't tell if the little white spots were little bits of perlite or mealy bugs so I treated them all and quarantined.

### Kat commented on 2024-07-07

I would simply sob

#### MummaDeb replied on 2024-07-07

I wanted to but didn't have time. Had to save the plant. 😢😢😢

### Alyssa commented on 2024-07-07

It could’ve come from outdoor plants near your front window, especially if there’s cracks or old seals around the windows. My outdoor patio flowers got a spider mite infestation because there was a bush about two feet nearby that was covered in them first

#### MummaDeb replied on 2024-07-07

Seriously? They are really old single pane windows and there's a lot of foliage right outside.

#### Alyssa replied on 2024-07-07

Yep that’s probably what happened, with my morning walks around my neighborhood I see some plants and trees here and there with mealybug looking things and spider mites

#### MummaDeb replied on 2024-07-07

I had no idea that could happen. Wow!

### send\_nodes commented on 2024-07-07

Unfortunately, pests are so tiny and mobile that we can literally walk outside, walk by our plants, and the pests can move from our clothes to the plants

#### MummaDeb replied on 2024-07-07

Yikes!!

#### Alyssa replied on 2024-07-07

True too, a YouTuber I watch thinks her dog brings them in too since he loves to go bounding through the brush on walks lol

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