Term: True Bug
« Back to Glossary Index
The true bugs include a whole range of crop pests such as aphids, leafhoppers, Harlequin bugs, squash bugs, stink bugs, whitefly, scale, mealybug and more. Many of these can be kept under control by cleaning up debris from the garden area, encouraging predatory insects like ladybugs and parasitic wasps, or spraying visible infestations with a strong blast of water or a diluted neem oil spray.