Difference between Mealy Bug and Mealybug

MEALY BUG vs MEALYBUG: NOUN

Scale-like plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees

Any of various insects of the family Pseudococcidae, that secrete a powdery wax and are pests of fruit trees.
Any of several homopteran scale insects (as, Coccus adonidum, and related species of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae), that cover themselves with a white powderlike or cottony wax secretion. They are common plant-eating pests in hothouses and are also destructive of fruit trees.
Any of various soft-bodied scale insects covered with a white powdery substance, especially of the family Pseudococcidae, some of which are destructive to ornamental and agricultural plants.
Scale-like plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees

Anthracnose, Cutworm, Rust fungus, Budworm, Leaf blight, Aphids, Whitefly, Downy mildew, Parthenium, Cotton bollworm, Spider mite, Phytophthora, Flea beetle, Bollworm, Mealybug

Phytophthora, Cutworm, Greenfly, Stink bug, Insect, Chinch bug, Pest, Codling moth, Thrip, Leaf beetle, Spider mite, Aphid, Whitefly, Citrus, Mealy bug

Leaf beetle, Tobacco budworm, Armyworm, Powdery mildew, Sclerotinia, Anthracnose, Cutworm, Rust fungus, Leaf blight, Aphids, Whitefly, Downy mildew, Parthenium, Spider mite, Phytophthora

Ladybird beetle, Apple maggot, Phytophthora, Cutworm, Stink bug, Insect, Chinch bug, Pest, Codling moth, Thrip, Leaf beetle, Spider mite, Aphid, Whitefly, Citrus

Mealy bug that falls in the category of sucking pests, is reported to be devastating among other types of sucking pests.
My research gave me these common pests: cassava mealy bug, green spider mite, white ants, and cane rats.
Avoid very sheltered locations if you want to minimize pests such as scale insect and mealy bug.
Pests that may attack money trees are spider mites, mealy bug, and aphids.
There are few insects that bother coffee other than mealy bug.
Mealy bug produces honeydew like scale does that ants love.

Check to see if you find any white fuzz around your plant because these are telltale signs that you have mealybug infestations.
Mealybug is a pest, which can have a considerable negative economic impact on a wide range of crops and ornamentals.
Disease Management, Raisin Grapes, Table Grapes, Wine Grapes UC IPM Advisor David Haviland recently shared some tips on mealybug control.
Too much shade makes your plants susceptible to disease like rot and mealybug, they are also more easily damaged.
It is recommended that parasite releases commence two to three weeks after the first male mealybug flight peak.
One of the hardest to control is the mealybug.
Grape mealybug egg mass pulled apart to expose orange eggs and yellow crawlers.
RA is also smaller than adult mealybug, yellow-white and oval-shaped.
Staghorn ferns can be prone to mealybug and scale.
Controls mites, sooty mold, scale, whitefly, and mealybug.