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title: "I released Lacewing Larvae because I found Mealies on my big pot of…"
description: "I released Lacewing Larvae because I found Mealies on my big pot of Lacunosa. Now the larvae are everywhere and I hate it. 😩"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/63e41450e48c08bf99089794"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Nick"
published: "2023-02-08T21:29:52.163Z"
language: "en"
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# I released Lacewing Larvae because I found Mealies on my big pot of…

_Posted by Nick on 2023-02-08_

I released Lacewing Larvae because I found Mealies on my big pot of Lacunosa. Now the larvae are everywhere and I hate it. 😩

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## 7 comments

### Ida commented on 2023-02-09

Oh 🥲 totally get that. The weird feeling when you want to cheer and 🤮 (just a little) at the same time 🤷‍♀️

#### Nick replied on 2023-02-10

Yes! Like yay, eat the mealybugs but stay on the friggin’ plants. 😩

### Tove commented on 2023-02-09

Oh no 😅😩

### Tee Jay commented on 2023-02-12

My lacunosa has mealies too 😭

#### Nick replied on 2023-03-04

Oh no. Hope you get rid of them.

### TooShyToReply commented on 2023-02-22

I LOVE green lacewings!! Occasionally, I’ll catch a glimpse of them in my outside garden. And bought larvae for my indoor plants. Personally, the only problem I had was the (seemingly) endless supply of empty husks (I think that’s what it was called?) leftover from the original release. Maybe I didn’t understand the instructions? But the husks littering the top of the soil became a bit of a nuisance after a while and started growing mold, attracting flies…so then I needed more lacewings (this time around I tediously cleaned all the nooks and crannies afterwards, swear there must be a better way!!!!)

#### Nick replied on 2023-03-04

I have the husks in my pots too from the last release. Think I’m just going to shake the pots over the garbage to get rid of them.

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