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title: "Hi can anyone help identify this on my plants and what I can do?…"
description: "Hi can anyone help identify this on my plants and what I can do? Thanks!"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/2UxjbKx8TfOurd0SPgdbAw"
community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "Tia"
published: "2024-07-21T19:07:46.162728Z"
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# Hi can anyone help identify this on my plants and what I can do?…

_Posted by Tia on 2024-07-21_

Hi can anyone help identify this on my plants and what I can do? Thanks!

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## 5 comments

### Kayde commented on 2024-07-21

I’m no expert but my best guess is mealybugs. To be on the safe side you could get some rubbing alcohol and q tips and give it a wipe down, making sure you get into each and every crevice. Or you could also use neem oil (this worked for me as I couldn’t find the right rubbing alcohol). If using neem oil, you mix a tiny bit of the neem oil in water with an even tinier amount of dish soap or detergent, then use the solution to spray down the plants. Hope this helps:)

#### AmyG replied on 2024-07-21

So what was the right alcohol? Was it just a lower percentage

#### Kayde replied on 2024-07-21

Anything below 70%, this is what I was gunna buy but I had to order it and it would’ve taken too long to come, but I had neem oil on hand already and it works a treat for all pests

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#### Tia replied on 2024-07-22

Thank you!

### Daisy commented on 2024-07-22

I tried asking plant parent app but it said nothing… man I mean I thought plant parent was so much better than this 🙂‍↔️🙂‍↔️🫥

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