Tarnished Plant Bug Information - Tarnished Plant Bugs Pest Control

Affected Plants:
Beans, celery, chard, lettuce, strawberries.

Damage:
Sucks sap from stems, buds and fruit and injects a toxin that deforms flowers and blackens terminal shoots. Dwarfs and pits fruit

Natural Insecticides:
Sabadilla dust, rotenone and pyrethrum.

Other Methods of Control:

• Keep the garden clean and free of debris.
• Use white sticky traps.