Why they are a Pest
As with all pod suckers they pierce and suck the pods of plants such as beans as well as the developing fruits of plants such as cucumbers, stone fruit, citrus and grapes. They attack the pod when it is young and soft then, as the pod hardens it becomes dry and misshapen. Fruit will either become badly blemished or drop off before it develops. They will also attack the new shoots of plants causing them to wither and death in young plants. They can also transmit diseases from plant to plant.
