Bug vac
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Bug vac is a machine that controls certain insect pests without the use of chemical pesticides; it sucks insects off the plants.
Such a machine, given names like "salad vac" and "bug vac," was invented by an entomologist as a substitute for pesticides. Each vacuuming eliminates the need for one application of pesticide.
More than forty California growers use the farm-sized vacuum cleaner to remove and kill lygus bugs, leafhoppers, Colorado potato beetles, and other insect pests from their strawberries and other crops.