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Scale Insect?
« Thread Started on Jun 2, 2007, 10:58am »
Looka like my typical VFT was attack by scale insects 
What is the yellow spots on the leaf? Is it scale insects?
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Re: Scale Insect?
« Reply #1 on Jun 3, 2007, 12:00am »
It looks like some kind of bud attack. Scale attack?
Can you scrape those white thing off? If you can, it should be scale attack then.
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« Reply #2 on Jun 3, 2007, 6:59pm »
Yes, can scrape them off.
Can use insecticide?
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« Reply #3 on Jun 4, 2007, 11:12pm »
Haven't tried this on my CPs.
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« Reply #4 on Jan 29, 2008, 11:29am »
last time i cut all the infected leaf.
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Re: Scale Insect?
« Reply #5 on Jan 30, 2008, 11:26am »
I suggest use diluted insecticide...as for me, i use organic insecticide...sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn`t. look out for it in your other plants too coz it tends to spread.
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« Reply #6 on Jan 30, 2008, 1:29pm »
Ants will spread the scales to other plants. I use alcohol for zapping them for that one or two I see. But for worse infestation, I use Provado. Systemic insecticide. Scales are difficult to eradicate.
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Re: Scale Insect?
« Reply #7 on Jan 31, 2008, 6:55pm »
Use alcohol or neem oil/insecticide/soap.
Cactus, scale is also red, orange, yellow, etc. They can also have spots/dents, be waxy, large, tiny, blah blah blah. 8k different spp you know 
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« Reply #8 on Feb 7, 2008, 10:26am »
Just remember if you use Neem Oil that is will wash off if it rains and you will have to re-apply.
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« Reply #9 on Mar 5, 2008, 12:51am »
does neem oil work for mealy bug/ whitefly?
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