mealybugs
Waxy white insects
Mealybugs are small soft-bodied insects covered in white waxy filaments that give them a powdery or mealy appearance.
They cluster on plant stems and leaf undersides, sucking sap and secreting honeydew that attracts mold.
A common greenhouse and houseplant pest: The mealybugs have infested my orchids again.
Sap-feeding garden insects
- whitefliesPale sap-feeding crop pests
- thripsSap-sucking plant insects
- leafhoppersSmall jumping plant insects
- plant-liceSmall sap-feeding insects
Sap-feeding garden insects
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- nymphsMinor female nature deities
- crawlersThose who move prone
- honeydewGreen-fleshed muskmelon variety
molting · exoskeleton · antennae · arthropod · invertebrate · cochineal · sap-sucking · entomology
Pest takeover situation
- sap-suckingFeeding on plant fluids
- honeydewGreen-fleshed muskmelon variety
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- wiltingLosing turgor and drooping
Spotted red beetles
- lacewingsTranslucent-winged beneficial insects
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
isolation · release · monitoring · scouting · threshold · prevention
aphids
Sap-feeding garden insects
- whitefliesPale sap-feeding crop pests
- thripsSap-sucking plant insects
- leafhoppersSmall jumping plant insects
aphids
Sap-feeding garden insects
honeydew · molting · exoskeleton · antennae · arthropod · invertebrate · cochineal · sap-sucking · entomology · cottony
infestation
Pest takeover situation
- sap-suckingFeeding on plant fluids
- honeydewGreen-fleshed muskmelon variety
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
ladybugs
Spotted red beetles
- lacewingsTranslucent-winged beneficial insects
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
pruning · isolation · release · monitoring · scouting · threshold · prevention
- mealybugs
- scale insectsscale insects, cochineal
- crop pestsaphids, aphid, armyworm, beetles, cutworms
- crop problemsblight, drought damage, crop disease, root rot, wilting
- garden pestsaphids, aphid, caterpillars, spider mite, slugs
- plant pestsaphids, aphid, caterpillar, mites, whiteflies
mealybugsbeneficial insects
Arthropods aiding agriculture
pollinators · bees · butterflies · earthworms