Mealy Bugs Mealy Bugs are the best examples of the survival of the fittest. HOW??? Let us see HOW ☺👄 Mealy bug will never ever suck ur pesticide cuz their prepuce enters the soft tissues of the plants . Mealy bugs have a waxy coating over them <it is thin though> . And i Know u all know about that from other websites. Mealy bugs multiply very rapidly in Warm and humid weather . Mealy bugs have morphologically difference in males and females. Males can fly females wont. MALES CAN FLY ALWAYS ofcuz. Now How to treat them . In my case I had massive invasion of mealy bugs in my lawn grass and Papaya, Guava <it has hard tissue though>. So treated with everything available from internet based research notes. In the nutshell i am gonna tell u :- Alcohol kills instantly.<Exosmosis> Neem oil mixed with soap water . <equal quantity of liquid soap and neem Fubendiamide 39.35 % Insecticide <Bayer named it as FLAME...