WHITE WEB ON CACTUS

[Yvonne G]

Hi Greg:

That is mealy bugs. The males can fly, but the females sit on the cactus pad under their mantle of fuzz and suck the plant's juices. When you squish them that's the colored dye you're seeing - bug blood and guts.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Hi Greg:

That is mealy bugs. The males can fly, but the females sit on the cactus pad under their mantle of fuzz and suck the plant's juices. When you squish them that's the colored dye you're seeing - bug blood and guts.

* I ended up spending several hours today squishing (Tom's method) all the bugs by hand instead of using the soap spray method! I think it will just be a constant maintenance thing, LOL!