What's eating my tradescantia navicularis?

Chain Plant (Tradescantia navicularis) is a compact succulent-leaved tradescantia grown indoors. Spider mites are its most common problem, especially in warm, dry rooms. Mealybugs occasionally colonise the tight leaf rosettes. This species is rarely troubled by fungus gnats unless the soil is kept too wet.

Silvery-grey stippling on succulent leaves; very fine webbing where leaves meet stems; leaves dry and shrivel Rinse plant under running water; increase ambient humidity; apply neem oil or insecticidal soap spray weekly until clear

White fluffy wax in the joints between the overlapping, keeled leaves; plant growth slows Use a cotton swab soaked in 70% isopropyl alcohol to dab colonies; follow up with a neem oil spray

Small soft insects on new shoot tips; sticky honeydew and distorted emerging leaves Wipe away with a damp cloth; treat with dilute insecticidal soap; repeat after 5–7 days if needed