Houseplants convey peace, harmony and provide lovely ornamentation in the home. But houseplants might be attracting pests into your home. Read on to learn about how houseplants can be a detriment in this way.
Houseplants’ Main Pests
People must be constantly vigilant with indoor plants to ensure they are not suffering from a pest attack that can kill them. Some of the most common species of pests that can harm plants include the geranium butterfly, snails, slugs, spider mites, nematodes, mealybugs, whiteflies, green mosquitoes, defoliator caterpillars, aphids, soil worms and ants.
These pesky crawling or flying insects can quickly infest houseplants. You might see them emerge from the ground, fly around your plant or cling to the stems and not move at all. Common houseplant pests can live in the ground, attach to stems, live under leaves or fly from plant to plant.
Although it may seem like combating this issue...