What's eating my pothos pearls and jade?

Pothos Pearls and Jade shares the same pest vulnerabilities as other pothos cultivars: mealybugs are the primary threat, while spider mites appear in dry air and fungus gnats colonise waterlogged soil. The compact, slower-growing variegated leaves are less vigorous than Golden Pothos, so pest stress has a proportionally greater impact on appearance.

White cottony wax in leaf joints and on the undersides of smaller leaves; honeydew and stunted growth Remove manually with alcohol swabs; spray entire plant with diluted neem oil or insecticidal soap weekly for 3–4 weeks

Stippled yellowing patches on leaves; webbing between leaves especially in winter when heating dries indoor air Increase humidity with a pebble tray or humidifier; rinse leaves and apply insecticidal soap; repeat every 5–7 days

Adult gnats flying around the pot; larvae in soil damage roots, causing wilting and yellowing in young shoots Let the top 2 in of soil dry before watering; use yellow sticky traps; apply Bti (mosquito bits) to the soil as a drench