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Chrysanthemum Insect Problems
      - Indoors

The main Chrysanthemum pests indoors :-

Mealybugs look like white puffs of cotton. They suck plant juices and heavy infestations will coat the leaves with sticky honeydew. Use house plant insect sprays according to label directions.

Mites are very small and are hard to see without a magnifying glass. Heavy infestations can cover the leaves with very fine webbing. The plants gradually lose their green color and appear dusty or speckled. Use a house plant insect spray according to label directions.

Aphids suck plant juices and are usually found at the stem tips. A heavy infestation will coat the leaves with sticky honeydew. A black, sooty mold can grow on the honeydew. The insects can be green, white, pink or black.

Whitefly is named for the adult, a small, white fly. The immature whitefly is a small, almost translucent scale-like insect. This insect is hard to control. Use a house plant spray specially formulated for whitefly.

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This information kindly supplied by Michigan State University Extension, Ornamental Plants.

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