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Besides knowing how to plant and fertilize your plants or crops, you need to know what is insects that may cause your plant desease. Below are some explaination about most popular insects that you may do not know before this.
Stink Bugs
They don't call them that for nothing! Various species of this pest are found throughout the United States; they are more common in the South. Stinkbugs are shield-shaped, and may be green, brown, or bluish-gray. They give off an unpleasant odor when crushed. Stinkbugs feed on okra, squash, beans, tomatoes, and a number of other plants by sucking out the plant's juices. New shoots may wilt; fruits are distorted with hard, dimpled areas where mouth parts are inserted into them. Adults overwinter in garden debris and in nearby weedy areas. There are several generations per year.
Control this insect pest by :
Spray or dust with approved insecticides, such as neem oil. Keep weeds down around the graden. Clean up the garden at the end of the season. Hand-pick early in the morning when bugs are slow to escape.
Aphids
Aphids are small, soft-bodied insects may be pale green, pink, black, or yellow, depending on the species. Some stages of the life cycle are winged, others wingless. Aphids feed on a wide variety of plants, including most edible and ornamental plants. Clustering on tips of new growth and leaf undersides, they feed by sucking out plant juices, causing leaves to become distorted and yellow. Aphids secrete a sugary fluid called honeydew that attracts ants and may cause the growth of a sooty black fungus on leaves. In small numbers aphids do little damage, but they reproduce rapidly. Control while the population is still small.
Control this insect pest by :
Aphids are easy to control. Simply washing plants with a strong spray of water will reduce their numbers dramatically. Insecticidal soap is more effective. When spraying, be sure to cover leaf undersides. Attract and release beneficial insects, such as ladybugs and lacewings.
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