eggs on the bottom of my aloe vera plant, help!

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rachaebby Abbotsford, Canada Feb 01, 2014

I just noticed today on the bottom of my aloe vera container, a cluster of white or yellow eggs. When I picked the plant up I did notice a bug fly away but I don't know if he's the culprit. Please help! Yuck

Rachael

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hcmcdole Powder Springs, GA(Zone 7b) Feb 02, 2014

Wipe them away with a paper towel. The pictures are too blurry to see if they are insect eggs or maybe some kind of fungus about to sprout.

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Gitagal Baltimore, MD(Zone 7a) Feb 20, 2014

rach--
It could be that ants created a colony inside the base of your plant....
If they did--the white things are the larva of new ants-to-be.
They will often seek a "home at the base of potted plants...

You can uproot the plant and spray it well with an ant spray--
or you can submerge the whole pot in soapy water to drown them.

If it is not ants--I do not know what else it could be....Gita

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