Bugs On Indoor Plants

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.

Bugs on indoor plants. Don t forget to inspect indoor houseplants at this time too. A lack of enough sunlight is a common problem with indoor plants but another less well known problem is bug infestations. If you find more than one or two bugs a thorough washing with insecticidal soap will be needed.

Because this larval stage is the feeding stage they have huge appetites and can do a lot of damage to one plant rather quickly. This will stop any spreading of the bugs. Plants that have a serious aphids infestation become sticky with the honeydew this bug secretes.

They feed on the juice of your houseplants slowly killing them. Clusters of red brown yellow or green bugs on indoor plants aphids also called greenfly or blackfly are common bugs in houseplants. White flies are small indoor plant insects that are only about three millimeters.

Look under leaves for egg sacks and bugs as well as discoloration and holes in the leaves. The sap sucking insects live in the joints of leaf stems and the main stem. For this reason it is important to identify and control indoor plant pests as quickly as possible.

Caterpillars affect plants usually chewing holes in the leaves. 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. Curling leaves brown spots tiny white smudges and bumps on your plant s stems are all symptoms of bugs.

They attack plant leaves and consume the sap inside. 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. You may even notice a sticky substance on stems if you ve got an aphid problem.