Having houseplants is usually a wonderful experience – until the day that you find the leaves have been eaten by some kind of pest. Granted, this may not be extremely common, but it is an issue that some owners find themselves having to deal with. This is extremely devastating for those with a showy flower …
Pest Control
You are reading this article to learn more about spider mites on houseplants and how to get rid of them. We’re not trying to scare you. But spider mites aren’t mites. They’re not insects at all. Instead, spider mites are arachnids, and they’re related to spiders. Hence, their name. And these creepy crawlers do as …
Springtails (or Collembolans) aren’t insects like most houseplant pests. Whether being insects or not, in this article, you will learn everything you need to know about how to get rid of springtails. At least, they’re not anymore. They were moved from classifying as insects due to their chewing mechanism. Instead of insects, springtails are now …
You are reading this article because you are interested in how to get rid of gnats in houseplants. In this article, I share my best tips, from identifying fungus gnats to why they infest your plants to the best remedies. How To Get Rid of Gnats in Houseplants The best thing you can do to …
Meet the smallest “fly” you’ll ever see (or not see) in your lifetime. It’s the whitefly. Sometimes the only way to even know these pests are living on a plant is when the infestation has gotten large. And that’s only because of the giant cloud of whiteflies you’ll see hovering over your plant after you’ve …
Brown scale are very common on houseplants. You are reading this article because you suspect scale on your indoor plants. Here is what you need to know. Brown Scale On Plants Soft-scale bugs are so common on indoor and outdoor plants that you expect an infestation at least once. The brown scale ( Coccus hesperidum) …
Aphids are creepy little creatures with back legs like a cricket. It’s those back legs and their pear body that make it easy to differentiate them from most other plant pests. These bugs move slow but they multiple fast. Before you even know you have a pest problem, aphids have taken over your poor plants. …
You have spotted a mealybug infestation on one or multiple of your plants and want to know how to get rid of mealybugs. What are Mealybugs? Mealybugs are from the insect family Pseudococcidae. The Pseudococcidae family contains unarmored scale insects. They are covered in a cotton-like material, according to the University of California Agriculture & …