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=== Scale Insects === | === Scale Insects === | ||
[[File:Scale Bug on Ivy - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg|thumb|131x131px|An armored scale bug]] | [[File:Scale Bug on Ivy - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg|thumb|131x131px|An armored scale bug]] | ||
Ways to detect them are sooty mold, honeydew, and white waxy surfaces known as scale wax. These insects are very small, and may only be spotted with a magnifying glass or hand lens. Even with that, they do not look like typical bugs due to the hardening liquid they cover themselves with. They come in two main families. | Ways to detect them are sooty mold, honeydew, and white waxy surfaces known as scale wax. These insects are very small, and may only be spotted with a magnifying glass or hand lens. Even with that, they do not look like typical bugs due to the hardening liquid they cover themselves with. They come in two main families. | ||
=== Thrips === | |||
Small black insects that eat the tissues of your plant and lay eggs in the holes they create. At one stage of their life, they will also hide in your plants soil. Neem oil can get rid of the surface, and Neem seed mixed with water can kill the thrips in the soil. | |||
=== Mealy Bugs === | === Mealy Bugs === | ||