Plumeria Question

Find something with pyretherins in it…basically any pesticide will have that. It is very effective.

Then long term, you can put a systemic drench down to control them for the next year.

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Dude, post some pics. Tigerlaff will get you straightened out. He is the plant whisperer. Helped me on all my plants

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Love the down voter lol. All I did was spend 2 years trying to learn their biology to kill them. My favorite bullshite remedy is "use horticulture oil or neem to smother them organically." Go put one underwater and see what happens. They have a protein coat that repels everything. When it goes beneath the water a bubble forms around them.

"So what that's water! We're talking about oil or alcohol!"

Yeah the oil doesn't work. Period. Even at very high concentrations. The alcohol does work, but only at high concentrations and it will only get the adult stage crawlers. The egg and larval stages are all chilling in your soil and inside the crevices of your bark. Myrtles of any kind are especially hospitable to mealy bugs.

The only way to really win is to poison them with a systemic like imidacloprid or spirotetramat. Cannot put into words how much I hate them. I use systemics and they are still trying to pop up in my collection as soon as they wear off.