Definition of mealybug
: any of a family (Pseudococcidae) of scale insects that have a white cottony or waxy covering and are destructive pests especially of fruit trees
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Check for mealybugs, billbugs and nematodes in zoysia lawns and treat as needed. 23.
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Lady Beetles Adult lady beetles eat aphids, mites, and mealybugs, and their hungry larvae do even more damage to garden pests.
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Check for summer pests of mealybugs and scale insects; control with natural sprays 85.
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Lacewings Both adult lacewings and their larvae eat aphids, caterpillars, mealybugs, scales, thrips, and whiteflies.
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Pests controlled: Yellow traps attract whiteflies, fruit flies, male winged scales, leafhoppers, fungus gnats, midges, male winged mealybugs and leafminers, thrips, psyllids, and winged aphids.
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Another easy way to reduce aphid, mealybug and whitefly populations on sturdy plants is to knock them off with a strong spray of water in the morning.
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Recent tests by the Louisiana State University AgCenter indicate the tiny sap-sucking pest, known as a scale or mealybug, has little interest in sugar cane, one of Louisiana's most important agricultural products.
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Cacti are also host for mealybugs and cactus scale.
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First Known Use of mealybug
1824
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