Insects and Related Pests of House Plants |
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active at night African violets ants applications of dicofol barely visible Beltsville broad-leaved plant brown buds bugs caterpillars cially prepared pressurized cide pushbutton spray color control mealybugs crawl Cutworms Damage Description Description.-Adult Description.-Several species dicofol spray dip in rubbing do.-Eliminate hiding places do.-Obtain a commer excrete feed fested foliage fungus gnats gray ground mealybug home green home greenhouse house plants houseplant imparts a shiny infested plants insecticide label large numbers liquid called honeydew maggots malathion or dicofol mealy Millipedes naked eye nuisance oval pests of house plant juices plants with malathion pots prepared pressurized pesti psocids pushbutton spray mixture RELATED PESTS remove aphids roots rotenone rubbing alcohol scale insects shell-like Slugs and snails snails and slugs soil surface Sooty mold Sowbugs and pillbugs species are common spray at 10-day Spray plants Springtails sticky liquid called sucking sweetish thrin Thrips troublesome tural undersides of leaves Wet the underside whitefly whitish yellow