What's eating my ruffled echeveria?

Echeveria gibbiflora 'Carunculata', with its distinctive warty, ruffled leaves, is susceptible to mealybugs lurking in leaf folds and the rosette core. Aphids target its tall flower stems. Fungus gnats indicate wet soil. The large leaf surface also makes it more visible to vine weevil adults, which chew leaf notches at night.

White fluff in ruffled leaf margins and rosette center; sticky secretions; distorted new leaves Apply alcohol on cotton swabs directly to colonies; use neem oil spray on stem and base; check monthly

Clusters of small soft insects on flower stalks and buds; sticky honeydew; bud drop Spray with insecticidal soap solution; remove heavily infested flower stems; introduce lacewings if growing near other plants

Irregular notches chewed around leaf margins at night; grubs later attack roots Check plants after dark with a torch; remove adults by hand; apply nematode drench against grubs in soil