These Lady Beetles Have a Voracious Appetite for Mealybugs | #DeepLook #Shorts
The vine mealybug feeds on grapevines, then covers the plants and fruit with a sticky honeydew excrement that can ruin the grapes and gather mold. But the plants have an ally in the mealybug destroyer! As larvae, the mealybug destroyer dons the attire of its prey, a wolf in very sheepy sheep's clothing.
Learn more in our full-length episode on mealybug destroyers ? https://youtu.be/M_XicEEBvGU
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