Found this while pruning

[JacksJill]

Tempted to keep it but I think I will reattach it to the tree.

 

[CJ's Exotics]

That's pretty cool! Thanks for sharing!

 

[snitz427]

nice! I walk around the park this time of year and snag a few (but always leave some behind for next year).

 

[JacksJill]

The gardener in me won out over the cham keeper and I attached that branch back to the tree.

 

[caroline?]

what is that?!

 

[nightanole]

what is that?!

mantis oof

lots of baby insect killers in there

 

[Thatwizard420]

mantis oof

lots of baby insect killers in there

oh, I always find those. Never knew what it was. Well time to find some ladybugs so they eat the powdery mildew. My crested geckos had to move out because I found about 5 little powdery looking bugs. Will the mantis eat the ladybugs?

 

[snitz427]

oh, I always find those. Never knew what it was. Well time to find some ladybugs so they eat the powdery mildew. My crested geckos had to move out because I found about 5 little powdery looking bugs. Will the mantis eat the ladybugs?

That sounds like mealybugs. If there's only a few, you can dab or wipe the leaves with 70% rubbing alcohol (remove the animals until the fumes clear, and mist to rinse the leaves). Or you can pull the plants and spray them with diluted dish soap, and then rinse well. The dish soap is the best option, but you may need to repeat it in a week or two to get any baby mealybugs that hatch.

I'm not sure if the mantids will eat the ladybugs, since they're toxic to some... but it would be a few weeks before the mantids are big enough to try, I think.

 

[Thatwizard420]

That sounds like mealybugs. If there's only a few, you can dab or wipe the leaves with 70% rubbing alcohol (remove the animals until the fumes clear, and mist to rinse the leaves). Or you can pull the plants and spray them with diluted dish soap, and then rinse well. The dish soap is the best option, but you may need to repeat it in a week or two to get any baby mealybugs that hatch.

I'm not sure if the mantids will eat the ladybugs, since they're toxic to some... but it would be a few weeks before the mantids are big enough to try, I think.

I replaced all the plants, and I made sure to wash the new plants thoroughly, roots and all. They came back but I only saw about 3.
I wiped them off with alcohol, came back within a week. Its not a lot, and they're always in the pothos.

What I'm doing now, I put 2 heatlamps and I stopped misting. Humidity is really low to about 30% and Temps are in the 100s. I haven't seen them come back, But I'm gonna still wait a week to put the cresties back.

 

[Sullydatechie]

oh, I always find those. Never knew what it was. Well time to find some ladybugs so they eat the powdery mildew. My crested geckos had to move out because I found about 5 little powdery looking bugs. Will the mantis eat the ladybugs?

Yes. They eat everything!