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The a little curved, lawn-damaging larvae, also referred to as grubs, are gray-white with brown heads. Find out more about managing Japanese beetles. These gray insects are so called due to the fact that they have lacelike wing covers. Lace bugs draw the sap from the undersides of fruit and ornamental tree leaves, leaving the upper sides mottled with small, light-gray spots.

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Leafhoppers feed on a variety of edible and decorative plants and trigger leaves to lose color, turn brown and end up being stippled. They also leave behind black excrement.

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Copper in color, Mexican bean beetles have 8 black areas on each wing cover. They skeletonize the leaves of beans (their chosen hosts), along with black-eyed peas, soybeans, cowpeas, mung beans, alfalfa and clover. The larvae are light yellow with a spiny appearance; the eggs are also yellow and found in clusters on leaves.

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Circular pests, scales are discovered on the stems of plants and the underside of leaves, and they frequently look like a part of the plant. The protective scale-like covering of these insects might be hard and armor-like or soft and cottony. Scales draw plant sap, developing honeydew and attracting ants, which protect the scales from predators and need treatment.