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title: "Does anyone know what these little white bugs are on my Emerald Fern?…"
description: "Does anyone know what these little white bugs are on my Emerald Fern? Seen a few of them which I’ve removed, they seem to like this particular spot. Any help…"
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# Does anyone know what these little white bugs are on my Emerald Fern?…

_Publié par Dave le 2024-04-17_

Does anyone know what these little white bugs are on my Emerald Fern? Seen a few of them which I’ve removed, they seem to like this particular spot. Any help appreciated 🪴

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## 9 commentaires

### Plant Gypsy a commenté le 2024-04-17

Those appear to be mealybugs! I use 70percent alcohol to rid them

#### Dave ha respondido el 2024-04-17

Any ideas of what causes them?

#### Plant Gypsy ha respondido el 2024-04-17

Lack of air circulation , brought in on a new plant, overwatering

#### Plant Gypsy ha respondido el 2024-04-17

You can attack singles with an alcohol soaked Q tip or spray the entire plant

#### Plant Gypsy ha respondido el 2024-10-02

Crowded contains no air circulation!

### Amy a commenté le 2024-04-17

Yup mealybug. I was told kill them on sight, they’re meant to be really bad for the plant.

#### Dave ha respondido el 2024-04-17

I’ll get onto it! Any tips?

#### Amy ha respondido el 2024-04-17

Squish them?? I’ve only seen one and was like hey look at this cool bug! And the guy taking care of the plants was like no, kill it.

Probably wipe down the plant with soapy water to get rid of any eggs left behind you might not see.

### S.R a commenté le 2024-04-17

Remove what you can with a Q-tip soaked in rubbing alcohol. Then some sort of wash for your plant using insecticidal soap. There are a lot of great treatment suggestion on google or You Tube. Good luck!

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