White stuff on Shore Pine Candles

Hi Mirai Community,

Do any of you know what this is? I just acquired this shore pine and noticed these on my new candles. Any help is appreciated!


Hallo Greg
I think that are mealybugs. Best stuff against that are systemic insecticides.

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Thanks for your diagnosis. I agree with you after further looking into it. I also learned you can use 70% ethanol to kill them, tried it and it worked. Just put some on a cotton swab and dabbed in on the critters.

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Hello, thanks for the tip, I currently have the same problem :sweat_smile:

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