Beyond aphids, ladybugs also hunt a variety of small plant pests, including mealybugs, hard-bodied scale, and leafhoppers. Related: That’s Not a Yellow Ladybug—It’s an Invasive Asian Lady Beetle Red, ...
Despite their name, whiteflies aren’t flies; they are closely related to mealybugs and aphids ... ladybugs, spiders, big-eyed bugs, minute pirate bugs, and many species of parasitic wasps.
WVLT News spoke to a University of Tennessee expert about the little white bugs popping up around East Tennessee.