To complete the first method, with careful, surgical precision, start by identifying the infected areas on your Christmas cactus — you're looking for clusters of fluffy, cotton-like bugs.

Learn how to care for a Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii) so you can enjoy these holiday beauties for years to come.

As the holiday season approaches, our homes become filled with festive decorations, twinkling lights, and the delightful ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Cochineals are tiny bugs that live on prickly pear cactuses. The acid in their guts makes a red dye used in textiles, cosmetics, and foods like M&Ms and Yoplait yogurt.

Multiple stages of cactus bugs on tree cholla cacti. Most insects in this photo are juveniles. There is one adult on the cactus fruit (top right) and one newly eclosed (pale) adult at the lower left.