Sitones

Sitones are tiny little bugs that love to snack on the roots of plants. They are so small that you can't even see them without a special tool called a magnifying glass. These bugs might seem harmless, but if they eat too many plant roots, the plant can die. Imagine if you ate all the pizza in the house, there wouldn't be any left for anyone else, right? That's kind of like what sitones do to the roots of plants. They eat so much that the plant can't get the nutrients it needs to survive. To protect plants from these pesky bugs, farmers and gardeners use special sprays that kill them or plant certain types of flowers that sitones don't like to eat. So, just like you need to eat your vegetables to stay healthy, plants need to protect their roots from sitones to stay healthy too.