mealybugs on Zz Zamioculcas Zamiifolia
Quick answer
If your Zz Zamioculcas Zamiifolia has mealybugs, the most likely cause is: Veronica Peerless flags Zamioculcas zamiifolia as prone to mealybugs on the foliage, where the white, slow-moving, cottony insects cluster on stems, in leaf joints, and under leaves, sucking sap and excreting sticky honeydew that gets colonized by sooty mould and leads to yellowing leaves, leaf fall, and wilting.
Start here:
- 1. Wipe the stems, leaf joints, and undersides of the leaflets with a damp cloth or a cotton bud soaked with insecticide to physically remove the visible cottony clusters before they spread.
- 2. Spray the whole plant with insecticide once a week and re-inspect the leaf joints, repeating the treatment for several weeks so newly hatched mealybugs are caught before they mature and re-form colonies.
Why Zz Zamioculcas Zamiifolia gets mealybugs
zz zamioculcas zamiifolia
Veronica Peerless flags Zamioculcas zamiifolia as prone to mealybugs on the foliage, where the white, slow-moving, cottony insects cluster on stems, in leaf joints, and under leaves, sucking sap and excreting sticky honeydew that gets colonized by sooty mould and leads to yellowing leaves, leaf fall, and wilting.
How to reverse mealybugs on Zz Zamioculcas Zamiifolia
- 1
Wipe the stems, leaf joints, and undersides of the leaflets with a damp cloth or a cotton bud soaked with insecticide to physically remove the visible cottony clusters before they spread.
- 2
Spray the whole plant with insecticide once a week and re-inspect the leaf joints, repeating the treatment for several weeks so newly hatched mealybugs are caught before they mature and re-form colonies.
Keep mealybugs off this Zz Zamioculcas Zamiifolia
Inspect the leaf joints and the undersides of the leaflets regularly and isolate any new plant additions before they join the collection, because mealybugs are hard to eradicate and it is often simpler to throw away severely infested plants.