How to take action against the pests

Symptoms at a glance - How to find out about scale insects

Although scientists differentiate between scale insects and more than 4,000 species worldwide, the signs of an infestation are similar. This applies equally to lid scale insects and cup scale insects as well as mealybugs and mealybugs. If the following symptoms occur in an orchid, you are dealing with scale insects:

• In the early stages, tiny brown or green bumps appear on the undersides of the leaves and in the leaf axils
• White webs form when it comes to the subspecies of the mealybugs and mealybugs
• Cripple leaves, buds and flowers
• The foliage is covered with brown-yellow to reddish spots

As a result of the explosive multiplication of the scale insects, the orchid slowly dies, first shedding the buds and flowers, followed by all the leaves.

Every scale insect is terrified of these ecological means

If the leaf shedding due to scale insects has already started, even high-quality chemical insecticides rarely achieve any control success. But do that lice Find out at an early stage, you can save the affected orchid with these natural remedies:

• Rub the leaves with an alcohol-soaked cloth
• Dip cotton swabs in alcohol and dab individual scale insects
• From 15 grams Soft soap,(€ 38.05 at Amazon *) Prepare a solution of 15 milliliters of alcohol and 1 liter of water
• So that the infected orchid spray every 2 days

Only high-percentage alcohol can penetrate the waxy shield of cup and lid scale insects. The scale insects are also known as mealybugs and mealybugs with a broth made from tansy leaves or wormwood on the collar. You will also achieve good results with diatomaceous earth, as the powder from sedimentary rock dries out the insects.