Bugs On Indoor Plants

A lack of enough sunlight is a common problem with indoor plants but another less well known problem is bug infestations. In clusters under leaves and on new plant growth of indoor and outdoor gardens.


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Caterpillars affect plants usually chewing holes in the leaves.

Bugs on indoor plants. They feed on the juice of your houseplants slowly killing them. Don t forget to inspect indoor houseplants at this time too. The sap sucking insects live in the joints of leaf stems and the main stem.

The first signs of these insects are yellow leaves that become dry and finally die and fall off. Eventually this robs the plant of vital nutrients while the aphids colony continues to grow. Fungus gnats are tiny flies that hover around indoor plants and fly up in a cloud when disturbed.

You may even notice a sticky substance on stems if you ve got an aphid problem. Look at it this way. Aphids are commonly found on houseplants and can deter plant growth by removing sap from the plant.

Below are descriptions and remedies for several indoor garden invaders. They favor damp soil and are a bigger problem with seedlings than with established houseplants. If you find more than one or two bugs a thorough washing with insecticidal soap will be needed.

Plants that have a serious aphids infestation become sticky with the honeydew this bug secretes. Move affected indoor plants far away from healthy indoor plants. For this reason it is important to identify and control indoor plant pests as quickly as possible.

If you see a bug or two hand pick them from the plant and drown in a cup of warm soapy water. The carnation tortrix moth is a common culprit. If your bugs are bugging you.

The tiny white pests are about 0 25 6 mm long with an oval segmented body. The adults do not do much damage but the larval stage feeds on feeder roots along with organic debris and fungus in the potting soil. That s something used to control other insect pests like bed bugs mosquitoes and insects around the home that aren t making a home in your plants.

Like neem oil it s a contact poison. How to identify mealybugs on indoor plants indoors if you notice small white bugs on your indoor plant that look like dust or bits of cotton wool the chances are that they are mealybugs. These caterpillars are small yellowish green caterpillars usually found at the tips of shoots.

Curling leaves brown spots tiny white smudges and bumps on your plant s stems are all symptoms of bugs. White flies are small indoor plant insects that are only about three millimeters. Clusters of red brown yellow or green bugs on indoor plants aphids also called greenfly or blackfly are common bugs in houseplants.

Because this larval stage is the feeding stage they have huge appetites and can do a lot of damage to one plant rather quickly. They attack plant leaves and consume the sap inside. Look under leaves for egg sacks and bugs as well as discoloration and holes in the leaves.

This will stop any spreading of the bugs. If the bugs are infesting your plants it s pyrethrum spray.


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