Mealybugs are pale pink but covered in a soft, white, waxy material, and they’re small, often only 1/16 of an inch. The citrus mealybug is the most commonly found species on houseplants.

A bite from a no-see-um is often slightly more painful than a mosquito bite, but the two bites look incredibly similar. A telltale sign that your bites are no-see-ums and not mosquitoes is if they ...