Plant infested, help please

[Luv2Garden]

Hi,
My plant has these bugs on them. How to get rid of it? It is only on certain plants, should I get rid of the infested ones or can I use something to save these?

 

[Chuck]

Hi,
My plant has these bugs on them. How to get rid of it? It is only on certain plants, should I get rid of the infested ones or can I use something to save these?

From the pics I can't tell exactly what they are. If you shake the plant do they all fly up. If so it is whitefly. If they don't fly up do they look like lint or cotton? If so they are early stage mealy bugs. If they are whitefly use spinosad and if mealy bugs use Neem.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Looks like aphids. if so, I've heard you can spray them with water to get them off, or also use a mild solution of water and soap. I've never had them, but I'm sure it won't be long before I do.

 

[Chuck]

If you could get a good close up of the bugs it would be a big help.

 

[Beverly]

They look like aphids to me too. You need some lady beetles if they are aphids. The lady beetles can clean that mess up in no time. Just washing them off doesn't kill them and they will be right back. First check to see if there are any Lady Beetles on the plant and if so do nothing but allow the Lady Beetles and/or their larvae to eat them up. If you don't see any Lady Beetles around, you can spray with a sudsy mix of dish soap (Ivory soap is good). This will not just wash them off but kill them in the process so they don't return.

 

[NatalieW]

it looks like white fly to me .. insecticidal soap works really good

 

[Beverly]

It looks like there are both white flies and red aphids. The red aphids are along most of the plant's stems and appear to significantly out number the few white flies that can be seen on some of the leaves. Both are sucking insects that can be easily treated. Look to see if Lady Beetles are present. They will eat both white flies and aphids. If there are no Lady Beetles around spray with soapy water.

 

[Luv2Garden]

Thank you all. I am going to take a close up picture and wash it with water. Will report back the results.

 

[Luv2Garden]

washing did not work, the insects were clinging to the plant and refused to budge. I bought a natural insecticide from the store, just finished spraying. Hopefully, this should take care of it.

 

[Corzhens]

Looks like aphids. if so, I've heard you can spray them with water to get them off, or also use a mild solution of water and soap. I've never had them, but I'm sure it won't be long before I do.

That's also my advice when it comes to aphids. You can first try hosing down the pests with water spray. Do it twice a day until the pests are gone or until 3 days. On the 4th day, I guess you need a mild solution of liquid dishwashing soap mixed with water. Spray it on the affected part and let it stay for 5 to 10 minutes then wash if off with water, hosing is okay. Some plants wither when the liquid dish washing soap is not washed off. Pepper is one such delicate plant.

 

[remnant]

These should be aphids or a similar variety of plant sucking insects. Chemical sprays are very effective against them but you can make your own. You can mix hot pepper, mexican marigold leaves and other plants like tobacco or even pyrethrum with high alkaloid content with water and heat. Toss in a piece of bar soap to dissolve in the hot mixture. This will act as a carrier and adhesive for longer action after spraying. You can also introduce ladybirds amongst the bushes to feed on the aphids.