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title: "Besides one case of known mealy bugs that I got rid of on one plant,…"
description: "Besides one case of known mealy bugs that I got rid of on one plant, this is what I see often. Are these little obnoxious white dots spider mites like I’m…"
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author: "Brianne"
published: "2025-08-20T03:34:43.076751Z"
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# Besides one case of known mealy bugs that I got rid of on one plant,…

_Posted by Brianne on 2025-08-20_

Besides one case of known mealy bugs that I got rid of on one plant, this is what I see often. Are these little obnoxious white dots spider mites like I’m assuming? I can never get rid of them.

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## 2 comments

### clairabotanica commented on 2025-08-20

maybe try the paper method to confirm if they're spider mites? put a piece of printer paper under the leaf, shake/tap the leaf to dislodge some of the white dots, then fold the paper in half to crush them. if you open the flattened paper and see reddish/brown powder, that's spider mite guts

#### Brianne replied on 2025-08-20

Never heard of this! I’ll try. I threw this one out because it was so covered, and it spread to about ten more plants by it. It always happens in clusters too! Always.

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