Mealybugs on Cattleya?

[cb977]

John, the word toxic scares the he** outta me!

The entire plant can be sprayed with the alcohol/409mix, let sit for a few minutes and then heavily sprayed with clean water to remove it all including the bugs. The plant should be carefully turned upside down to get the water from the crowns and it's done.

If we watch our chids carefully, most times we can avoid a large mass such as we have here.
Catch the problem before it becomes major...although even those of us who do that do occasionally have problems

[johnblagg]

yeah I know but then again we have "TOXIC" natural things even plants themslves can be toxic and if Im not using gallons of it at a time I am not that worried.Look up whats i the shampoo you used r the soap you use....thats some nasty carcinogen stuff it there and your soaking in it.And a lot of it if ya look it up actually says do not get on skin.

Not advocating toxic stuff but if it kill bugs it is has to be Toxic to them at least uness it uses some mechanical actoin like cuting the exoskelotns or bocking spiricules so they suffocate.

and just to show my point ingreidents in xxx that are toxic are.......,
Ingredient: ETHYLENE OXIDE (SUSPECTED 2A HUMAN CARCINOGEN BY IARC;
CONFIRMED ANIMAL CARINOGEN BY IARC & NTP)

Route Of Entry - Inhalation: NO
Route Of Entry - Skin: YES
Route Of Entry - Ingestion: NO
Health Haz Acute And Chronic: EYES: IRRITATION. SKIN: ABSORBED. EXPOSURE
TO ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOBUTYL ETHER WILL CAUSE BLOOD & BONE MARROW DAMAGE.
Carcinogenicity - NTP: YES
Carcinogenicity - IARC: YES
Carcinogenicity - OSHA: NO