Name: Leafhopper
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Clypeorrhyncha
Superfamily: Membracoidea
Family: Cicadellidae
Habitat:
Leafhoppers live anywhere they can find stems and leaves to feed on
Food:
A leafhoppers’ diet commonly consists of sap from a wide and diverse range of plants, but some are more host-specific. Leafhoppers mainly are herbivores, but some are known to eat smaller insects, such as aphids.
Method of Travel:
Jumping, Flying, Crab-like motion
Prevention:
1. Control your weeds. Weeds provide a place for the insects to breed.
Steps to control:
1. Good, long lasting, low-toxic methods of insect control can be done with Knock Down Indoor and Plant Flying & Crawling Insect Killer or other Knock Down products listed below.
Products to use:
KD098D – KNOCK DOWN – KILSOL™
KD118D – KNOCK DOWN – TOTAL HOME & INDOOR GARDEN
KD404D – KNOCK DOWN –Pot-iT™ Botanical House Plant & Garden
