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Originally Posted by mikeycereal
I see an earwig here and there in my house, maybe 1 in 2 months. I have the Arrow company guy dropping garage traps and spraying around the house to keep bugs from getting out of hand.
Since this is an ugly bug thread, I have recently gotten invaded by mealy bugs hiding in that white webbing stuff on some plants in my garden. I looked up some info on youtube and google, and spraying them off with soapy warm water 3 times didn't work and they kept coming back. I just tried Bio on one of my hibiscus yesterday. But saw that they're on my milkweed too and I don't want to harm my little monarch caterpillars. A suggestion was chopping the infected branches off, but that would take off some butterfly nectar that just bloomed. I also saw Neem as a solution. Has anyone successfully got them out of their garden, and how?
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Alcohol on a Q tip works for mealy bugs. It breaks down the protective cover on them and kills them instantly. You have to stay on top of them though. Check them every day and reapply as necessary.