What's eating my neoregelia 'painted lady'?

Neoregelia 'Painted Lady', grown indoors for its vivid variegated rosette, is most troubled by mealybugs sheltering in leaf axils and scale on the foliage. Thrips can disfigure the colourful banding. Spider mites emerge in heated rooms with low humidity. Inspect the central cup and leaf bases closely at each watering to catch infestations early.

Cottony white deposits at leaf bases and inside the rosette; leaves pale and droop Dab with 70% isopropyl alcohol swabs; apply neem oil spray over the whole plant; repeat weekly

Flat or rounded brown bumps on leaves; honeydew leads to sticky foliage and sooty mold Scrape off manually; apply horticultural oil or insecticidal soap every 10 days until clear

Silvery streaks and speckling across the decorative banding; deformed new leaves Treat with spinosad-based spray or insecticidal soap; use blue sticky traps for monitoring