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2. Why Are Your Orchid Flowers Falling Off Too Soon? 3 ... - AOL

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   Kondrat dips a cotton swab in diluted isopropyl alcohol and swabs the infested leaves to get rid of the mealybugs. Related: How to Get Orchids to Rebloom with These 5 Must-Know Tips Show comments

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   It may have mealybugs or a fungal issue that needs to be treated. Orchids naturally shed old foliage. If the bottom leaves on a monopodial orchid turn yellow, the plant is probably just getting ...

4. Mealybug - Wikipedia

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   The most serious pests are mealybugs that feed on citrus. Other species damage sugarcane, grapes, pineapple (Jahn et al. 2003), coffee trees, cassava, ferns, cacti, gardenias, papaya, mulberry, sunflower and orchids. Mealybugs only tend to be serious pests in the presence of ants because the ants protect them from predators and parasites. [2]

5. How To Get Rid of Mealybugs and Scale Insects on Plants - AOL

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   The post How To Get Rid of Mealybugs and Scale Insects on Plants appeared first on Taste of Home. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...

6. Maconellicoccus hirsutus - Wikipedia

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   Heavily infested plants have shortened internodes leading to resetting or a "bunchy top" appearance. A heavy, black, sooty mold may develop on an infested plant's leaves and stems as a result of the mealybug's heavy honey-dew secretions. When fruits are infested, they can be entirely covered with the white waxy coating of the mealybug.

7. Scale insect - Wikipedia

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   The ladybird Cryptolaemus montrouzieri is known as the "mealybug destroyer" because both adults and larvae feed on mealybugs and some soft scales. [18] Ants looking after their providers of honeydew tend to drive off predators, but the mealybug destroyer has outwitted the ants by developing cryptic camouflage, with their larvae mimicking scale ...