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title: "Does this look like a pest or dirt/dust? 😅"
description: "Does this look like a pest or dirt/dust? 😅"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/dL0DU6ea81SZVDi8xubdhM"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Josh&Lyss"
published: "2024-12-20T02:51:18.243487Z"
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# Does this look like a pest or dirt/dust? 😅

_Posted by Josh\&Lyss on 2024-12-20_

Does this look like a pest or dirt/dust? 😅

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## 4 comments

### 9s commented on 2024-12-20

Mites 100%

### Josie commented on 2024-12-20

Def spider mites. Mixing unscented Castile soap and water and spraying on the leaves every few days for a couple of weeks will kill them. You can google ratios but I just eyeball it. It’s gentle and shouldn’t harm the plant, I use it as a weekly treatment because I have alocasias that are mite magnets.

#### Josh\&Lyss replied on 2024-12-20

Most of my collection is alocasias so that makes sense 😅 I now have predatory mites on the way! I’ll have to try the soap in the meantime thank you!

#### Josie replied on 2024-12-20

Yeah alocasias are the devil when it comes to mites but now that I know I’ve been mostly able to prevent them in my soace

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