How to Use whitefly in a Sentence

whitefly

noun

• Tens of millions of years ago, a tiny, milky-white bug known as a whitefly snatched a gene from its host, an ancient plant.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 13 Jan. 2022
• Spray whiteflies and aphids off with a sharp stream of water using a Bug Blaster hose end nozzle.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
• The wasp lays its eggs on young whiteflies, which are eaten by hatching larvae.
  — Sindya N. Bhanoo, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2016
• Pests and Problems Night Sky petunia plants can be bothered by aphids, whiteflies, and slugs.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 May 2023
• This treatment should also help avoid mealybugs, mites, thrips, and whiteflies.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 June 2023
• Lacewings Both adult lacewings and their larvae eat aphids, caterpillars, mealybugs, scales, thrips, and whiteflies.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 11 May 2016
• All parts of the plant can be toxic if ingested –– except, alas, for such pests as cabbage worms, spider mites, aphids and whiteflies.
  — R. Daniel Foster, latimes.com, 22 June 2018
• Flea beetles and whiteflies can attack, especially if the plants are drought-stressed.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2018
• Look beyond the black coating for insects including mealybugs, whiteflies and scale that are sucking juices from the plant.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 May 2017
• Whiteflies are the scourge of many farms, damaging tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and other crops.
  — Sindya N. Bhanoo, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2016
• The key with whitefly — whether on your hibiscus or Brussels sprouts — is to eradicate it early before the numbers build.
  — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2019
• White traps lure whiteflies, plant bugs, cucumber beetles, and flea beetles.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 18 Dec. 2017
• But the BtPMaT1 gene neutralizes these toxins, so the whitefly can continue to destroy crops undisturbed.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 26 Mar. 2021
• The whitefly would have to ingest those phenolic glycosides when feeding on the tomato plant and that would usually kill it.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 26 Mar. 2021
• Their diet includes aphids, caterpillars, mites, whiteflies and insects’ and mites’ eggs.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
• Aphids, mites, thrips, mealybugs, scale and whitefly are typical hitchhikers, and could be lurking under foliage, on stems, or even among the roots.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2022
• Protect Rinse off the foliage on all your plants several times during the hot season to reduce pest pressure, namely pesky mites and whiteflies.
  — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
• Then, when the virus infected the whitefly, the plant DNA spread and was eventually incorporated into the bug’s genome.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2021
• How to grow it: Think about kind options to maintain a healthy garden, such as having kids plant garden helpers like thyme and tansy, which both have strong oils that deter pesky bugs like aphids and whiteflies.
  — Kier Holmes, National Geographic, 29 May 2020
• Another easy way to reduce aphid, mealybug and whitefly populations on sturdy plants is to knock them off with a strong spray of water in the morning.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 22 Dec. 2017
• The crop is also susceptible to viruses transmitted by the common pest known as the whitefly, which can devastate farms.
  — Wired Staff, Wired, 13 Dec. 2019
• Protect To control pests like aphids and whiteflies, introduce ladybugs and lacewings.
  — Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 16 Mar. 2020
• The foliage of hardy hibiscus is sometimes a target for whiteflies, aphids and Japanese beetles.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2023
• From a distance, it could be mistaken for a ficus hedge, but does not seem bothered by all the problems that plague Ficus benjamina, like whitefly, thrips and scale.
  — Kenneth Setzer, miamiherald, 27 June 2018
• Humans, too, could help by engineering crops that turn the whitefly’s gene off, making the insect vulnerable once again.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2021
• Pests controlled: Yellow traps attract whiteflies, fruit flies, male winged scales, leafhoppers, fungus gnats, midges, male winged mealybugs and leafminers, thrips, psyllids, and winged aphids.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 18 Dec. 2017
• Figs are really cool plants with a slightly bad rep in South Florida in part because of overuse of Ficus benjamina hedges and their unwieldy roots and problems with whitefly and scale.
  — Kenneth Setzer, miamiherald, 11 July 2018
• The whitefly carries two viruses that together destroy over $1 billion worth of cassava in Sub-Saharan Africa each year.
  — Kieron Monks, CNN, 11 July 2017
• Also, when the whiteflies are under control, the sooty mold gradually disappears.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Nov. 2019
• Neem oil is labeled for soft-bodied pests such as aphids, beetle larvae, caterpillars, leafhoppers, mealybugs, thrips, spider mites, and whiteflies.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 May 2023

Last Updated: 10 Aug 2024