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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?…

_Dave님이 2024-04-17에 게시함_

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 🪴

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/1e47oBsWkW2Hp6CV-h6vtej0zZUDjZTasTLDxoW_Maw/ED_7eDH1SY6HODRVnKOkcA.webp?size=large)

## 9개의 댓글

### Plant Gypsy님이 2024-04-17에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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

#### Dave님이 2024-04-17에 답변했습니다.

Any ideas of what causes them?

#### Plant Gypsy님이 2024-04-17에 답변했습니다.

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

#### Plant Gypsy님이 2024-04-17에 답변했습니다.

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

#### Plant Gypsy님이 2024-10-02에 답변했습니다.

Crowded contains no air circulation!

### Amy님이 2024-04-17에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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

#### Dave님이 2024-04-17에 답변했습니다.

I’ll get onto it! Any tips?

#### Amy님이 2024-04-17에 답변했습니다.

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.R님이 2024-04-17에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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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