| By :
Stewart Wrighter
What gets you scratching all over? It is a creepy feeling you get at the sight of bugs! They are obnoxious little creatures eating away your furniture or playing havoc to your plants. However, with suitable pest control, you can wash your hands off those unwanted invaders. You may feel disappointed when you cast a glance at your half-eaten wooden furniture. But not to worry as termite treatments can solve your problem forever. Similarly, if you wish to get rid of bugs bothering your house plants, then first of all you have to identify them. Some bugs are permanent residents of soil while others surface only upon watering. In order to get rid of them completely, you need to know more about those potential invaders. Let us start with your plant inspection. Check your house plants at least once in a week, probably in the weekends. A magnifying glass can be used to inspect the underside of leaves. Just like every disease has some symptoms, a plant attacked by bugs also show signs of infestation. If you find too many brown leaves, leaves getting curled from the edges, or some webs, then surely the plant has been attacked. Apart from these signs, you can also see aphids, white flies and others with your own eyes. Once you identify the affected plants, try to isolate them as fast as possible because these insects grow fast and move from one plant to another. Once you isolate the plants, you can successfully terminate the transfer process. After that, try to find the type of bugs destroying your plants. If you observe dull coloration of the leaves then spider mites are responsible. To support your analysis, check the underside of those leaves. If you see webs down there then your guess was right. As for aphids, they are easy to observe. Mostly, they live in the underside of leaves in groups whereas; mealy bugs prefer to colonize in the joints of stems. They can be identified by their white color. The adult flies might occasionally catch your eyes while flying around but the immature ones stick to the stem. Moreover, scale insects or trips can cause scarring in leaves which is of course easy to identify. With that known, you can move on to the final phase; the extermination. Different approaches apply in this case for the different types of insects. You can easily get rid of aphids with insecticidal soap and water. All you have to do is mix the soap and water in a spray bottle. Then specifically target the underside of leaves and the joint areas in stem. Repeat the process several times before the insects finally start to disappear. Most bugs can be eliminated in this way except for the ones with protective shells. Using a cotton swab soaked in alcohol, rub it over the surface of the affected plant to rid of the bugs. Once again, repeat the procedure for effective results. With a right strategy, it is not hard to get rid of bugs destroying the beauty of your garden. You can even use insecticides, but go for it only when these ideas fail. However, there is a bright chance they will work.
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