What's eating my cape primrose?

Cape Primrose 'Crystal Ice' is a flowering indoor plant most troubled by vine weevils, which eat notches from leaf edges and whose larvae destroy roots. Mealybugs and aphids also attack. Thrips scar the blooms. Keep plants in freely draining compost, inspect roots at repotting, and treat promptly to protect flowering.

Irregular notches chewed from leaf margins; larvae eat roots causing sudden wilting and plant collapse Apply nematodes (Steinernema kraussei) to moist compost in late summer or spring; inspect roots when repotting and remove grubs by hand

Waxy white colonies in leaf axils and along midribs; leaves yellow; sticky honeydew Dab with alcohol swabs; spray with insecticidal soap or neem oil and repeat weekly

Soft insects clustered on new growth and flower stems; distorted buds; sticky residue Wipe off with a damp cloth; spray with insecticidal soap or neem oil; repeat as needed

Silver or brown streaking on petals; scarred, distorted flowers; tiny insects in blooms Remove affected flowers; apply spinosad or insecticidal soap to all surfaces; repeat weekly for 3 cycles