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white pouches with ants


Question
I have these little white pouches all over my large indoor plant.  These little black ants come crawling out of them....Help!

Answer
BethAnn,

You have mealy bugs and the ants are "nursing" them. You can spray them with rubbing alcohol making sure you get the entire plant, the fronts and backs of all the leaves, the surface of the soil, the branches and the trunk. If you tell me what type of plant it is I may be able to give you more information on eradicating the insects. Good luck.

Darlene

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