Kaleb 🪴
Hey so i bought this new plant home and when i was watering it at the drainage holes i saw this tiny little white caterpillar looking bug, any tips for what to do?
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GrayUnfortunately that might have been a mealy bug. They’re a household plant pest. Keep this plant away from your others until you know more :)
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The largest mealy bug I’ve ever seen was about the size of a pill bug, but more commonly they’re smaller than that
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Thank you so much , will do. Im gonna replace the soil when i can:D
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- KJM
Mealybug does not usually look like a caterpillar. It looks like fuzzy bit of cotton or something. I don't suppose you can get a picture of the caterpillar thing? Try sliding the entire root ball out of the pot and see what's in there.
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Im gonna try changing the dirt so ill take a picture if i do see anymore
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Wolfen 🐺This is a mealy bug
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- Kaleb 🪴
Nah it dident look like that, like i mentioned it looked more like a caterpillar but thank you tho!! Im gonna keep an eye out on the plant and the soil but if i see anymore im gonna repot it. :D
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I think it was possibly a garden millipede, they look the most like caterpillar to me
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- Wolfen 🐺
Greenhouse centipede
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- Wolfen 🐺
Garden milipede (the immature are whiteish) adults can be black or striped
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- Kaleb 🪴
Yeh! It looked more like that, what should i do to get rid of them if theres more???
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If you you repot, I don't think you'd see more. They are not harmful to plants either. So no issue there. I leave them alone if I see them. But a lot of people don't like the thought of them inside, which is fair lol
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