Fighting the Roseau cane mealy bug Bryn Stole in Washington spots something interesting tucked inside the $1.3 trillion federal budget package that Congress passed last week: some money to kill bugs.

Q: My alocasia has white bugs on the back of the leaf. What are they, and how do I treat them? A: Sounds like mealybugs, a common insect pest of indoor plants.

Solarizing is a chemical-free method of pest control that uses heat to kill unwanted visitors, but it's often not the best way to eliminate mealybugs.

Dear Neil: I have a medium-sized cactus that I've had on my patio since 2007. In the middle of this past summer, it began developing little white patches on a ...

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Mealy bugs are a common sight on plants, sucking the sap for food. But few people wonder what actually goes on inside their little gray bodies. John McCutcheon, an assistant professor in the ...