{"id":18311,"date":"2026-10-05T17:15:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/?p=18311"},"modified":"2026-10-05T17:15:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:15:29","slug":"sap-sucking-insects-by-jamalee-jarvis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/sap-sucking-insects-by-jamalee-jarvis\/","title":{"rendered":"Sap-Sucking Insects by Jamalee Jarvis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18312 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/836665308_1548732333940441_2827108023812422214_n-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/836665308_1548732333940441_2827108023812422214_n-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/836665308_1548732333940441_2827108023812422214_n.jpg 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Sap-sucking insects are small bugs that feed on plants. Some of them are aphids, mealybugs, scales, whiteflies, leafhoppers, and planthoppers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">These bugs use their small mouth parts to suck the sap from the plant. This can make the leaves turn yellow, curl up, or become weak. They can also leave behind a sticky liquid called honeydew. This can bring ants and cause black mold to grow on the leaves.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">These bugs can also spread plant diseases from one plant to another. This can hurt the crops and make it harder for farmers to grow healthy plants.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Farmers should check their plants often and look for these bugs. Finding them early can help stop the plants from getting badly damaged.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sap-sucking insects are small bugs that feed on plants. Some of them are aphids, mealybugs, scales, whiteflies, leafhoppers, and planthoppers. These bugs use their small mouth parts to suck the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-notices"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18313,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18311\/revisions\/18313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}