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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…

_MummaDebさんが2024-07-07に投稿しました_

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件のコメント

### eatyacarbsさんが2024-07-07にコメントしました

ooof so many 🙊

#### eatyacarbsさんが2024-07-07に返信しました

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

#### MummaDebさんが2024-07-07に返信しました

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さんが2024-07-07に返信しました

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

#### MummaDebさんが2024-07-07に返信しました

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さんが2024-07-07にコメントしました

I would simply sob

#### MummaDebさんが2024-07-07に返信しました

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

### Alyssaさんが2024-07-07にコメントしました

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さんが2024-07-07に返信しました

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

#### Alyssaさんが2024-07-07に返信しました

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さんが2024-07-07に返信しました

I had no idea that could happen. Wow!

### send\_nodesさんが2024-07-07にコメントしました

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さんが2024-07-07に返信しました

Yikes!!

#### Alyssaさんが2024-07-07に返信しました

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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