PLANT-SUCKING BUGS feed on 
many vegetables. The Squash Bug 
(illustrated) feeds on vine crops, 
such as squash, pumpkin, and cu- 
cumbers. The Harlequin Bug feeds 
primarily on leafy crops, such as 
cabbage, kale, collards, and broc- 
coli. The Green Stinkbug is a 
general feeder. These bugs are all 
larger then plant lice, and persist- 
ent effort through hand-picking of 
eggs and bugs will give much 
control. Cleaning up and destroying 
crop refuse after harvest will destroy 
many bugs that otherwise would 
attack. crops the next year. Leaf- 
hoppers belong to another group of 
sucking plant bugs and are the 
small, usually pale green, very 
active insects that readily fly from 
the plant when they are disturbed. 
They damage beans and potatoes 
by sucking the juice from the plant 
and cause a disease called hopper- 
burn. Applications of sulfur will give 
some protection. Potato growers use 
bordeaux mixture to control leaf- 
hoppers. Pyrethrum powder, if fresh, 
used alone or mixed with dusting 
sulfur, will give the best control of 
leafhoppers. 
(See pyrethrum, under Insecti- 
cides, page 15.) 
