Bugging Out
On Being Cursed By a Prayer Plant
The first time I saw mealybugs was on my prayer plant back in Los Angeles. I had just began my obsession with plants and had no idea what I was looking at or that they were a problem; all I knew was my beautiful, leafy dark green and purple wonder was suddenly dotted with little, white furry specs. After wiping them off only to watch more reappear a fe…