Prickly Pear Yellow Splotches with Brown Centers: Mealybugs or Bug Scars

3-Year Seed-Grown Prickly Pear: Yellow Raised Splotches with Brown Spots

Owner bonded to plant, asks cause and cure.

Greg: if mealybugs, pick off. If scars, try systemic insecticide (nursery).

Cactus: Etiolated Growth on a Columnar Cactus; Identifying a Bromeliad, Not a Cactus; Saving a Rotting Euphorbia: Cutting, Callousing, and Re-rooting Healthy Tops; Wily Coyote Cactus (Sentimental): White Spots = Mealybug or Cochineal; Send Photo; Basal Rot in Mystery Cactus: Photo Needed for Species-Specific Rescue; Agave Snout Weevil: Identifying and Treating the Pest That Mimics Rot; Repotting Large Cactus-Like Plants: Euphorbia vs. Cactus Care; "Cardboard Cactus" Identified: It's a Cycad (Zamia furfuracea); Mystery Cactus with Red "Cigarette" Flowers: Stephanocereus or Thrixanthocereus; Identifying a Hanging Cactus-Like Plant with Falling Branches

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