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Mealy bug

Symptoms

Mealy bugs look like whitish-grey bits of fine cotton wool and are mainly found in the small nook where the leaf joins the stem. The leaves of the infected plant may become sticky with honey dew that the insects excrete. Mainly a problem indoors and in the greenhouse.

Cause

Soft-bodied sap-sucking insects which secrete the fluff to protect themselves and their eggs.

Harm

Plants are weakened and the fungus Black ooty Mould is attracted to the Mealybug's honeydew. This further adds to the plants trouble as the Black Sooty Mould prevents the plant photosynthesising and making food.

Treatment

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