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title: "What’s wrong with my cactus?"
description: "What’s wrong with my cactus?"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "K"
published: "2024-06-03T17:32:16.152287Z"
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# What’s wrong with my cactus?

_Posted by K on 2024-06-03_

What’s wrong with my cactus?

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## 2 comments

### Alyssa commented on 2024-06-03

I believe it’s mealybug scale, for cactus it’s called cochineal bugs

### Alyssa commented on 2024-06-03

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