I suggest using a commercial insecticide for this.

Then wait if it heals. Some succulents bounce back well.

Are they mites, mealybugs, or something else? You should identify them first to ensure your next steps (alcohol or pesticide) will take care of them.

Also check adjacent plants. Pests usually spread quickly.

Those leaves don't look healthy enough to propagate.

My baby kalanchoe leaves seemed droopy what could be the prob?

First with succulents is usually over watering.

But, it can be few different reasons - if you post photos and some details about your growing conditions, you may get better help. You could start your own thread about your plants rather than tagging on someone elses if you have many and/or different plants.

Thank you all. I'll try to take pictures of the little bugs when I get home tonight.

Here you go folks. I don't think any nearby plants are affected. What are these? And how do I treat them?

the white stuff is mealy bug, the black bugs might be fungus gnats. mealy bug regular spraying with a mix of 50-75% isopropyl alcohol and water kills off the mealies. be sure to get into all the crevices to get the eggs and because the little buggers are good at hiding. There may be more down at the base of the plant under all the leaves. You have to get them all.

fungus gnats if that is what they are there is a product for that, but best to repot and use a grittier mix without peat in it. Gnatrol or something is the fungus gnat control. Can't remember the name. The plant may never look good again but it can produce new rosettes at the base that will look good, given decent care.

I agree with Hoovb's suggestions. I am currently under attack from the mealies. All my Ti plants, Dracaena plants, and some of my Crassula have mealies. In addition I have snails and scale to deal with. These are all periodic problems that I have, in addition to aphids that thrive in our warm weather. So I always have to keep an eye opened for problems and attack early. Sometimes I fail, making the battle harder.

While most of my K. luciae are looking pretty good, I have a lot of them in a close area. When one is sick, I assume the others will follow. This shows an example of a plant (top) really showing problems - I suspect the return of scale, but I also have mealies taking over other plants. As you know, it's hard to see inside the crevices and under the leaves where they meet the stem. Sometimes I have to guess.

And I also get the deformed leaves that you have -

My first plan is to treat with alcohol. If that doesn't work, or if the problem is too big for the alcohol spray to work, I will finally resort to an insecticide drench. I protect bees, so the drench is a last resort. If there is something in bloom that will possibly take up the insecticide, I don't use it and continue fighting with alcohol and/or soapy spray.

I have every reason to believe that these (and other) plants will eventually return to the form we all love. I just have to get rid of the pest(s) causing the problem.

I think you can knock this back. And if your plant looks lousy for a while, you will end up with pups and new growth just like Hoovb suggests.

Good luck!

Thank you Crenda and hoovb for the explanation. I have diluted some rubbing alcohol with water and applied it to the plants a couple times already. I'll keep you posted on what happens. Cheers.

Passing along something I read, I think those bugs looks like ants, and ants "farm" aphids, and aphids always seem to go for the new growth, I think the alcohol works for them also, but I have always used Listerine.

I find aphids don't get 'killed' by alcohol sparay, maybe ants will. To get rid of aphids it is generally best to just spray them off with jet of water - hard to do indoors. I never tried Listerine...

Loretta - I have lots of Listerine at home but prefer it to use it on myself instead of on my plants! =)

On a less silly note, most of the newer Listerines are using eucalyptus instead of alcohol, plus some formulations have sticky residues.

Thank you. I'll try the listerine shortly :)