Insect and Spider Identification: Insect and Fuzzy White Stuff, 1 by RVAGarden

RVAGarden wrote:
I have similar if not the same insects in my garden. At first I thought it was a Mealybug infestation, but when I noticed them hopping a significant distance, I knew it was something else. These insects are on most of my plants, mints, asparagus ferns, wax beans, asparagus beans, cucumbers, various pepper plants. Several of my wax bean plants have become completely stunted, and some have even dropped all of their leaves. The ones with lots of fluffy white residue are the most devastated. I believe these bugs are sucking the life out of my plants. If so, what can I do? I've investigated my yard and they are covering all of the new growth branches of my many many holly bushes that are a privacy hedge line. It seems impossible to get rid of them all...