The cast of BugfarmTM includes bugs both good and bad!
Good Bugs
Spined Soldier Bug (SSB)
 The Spined Soldier Bug is your garden's best friend. SSBs can eat over 100 kinds of insects, but they prefer those that eat plants... especially those pests that eat what people eat. They are a natural, effective alternative to pesticides, which also make plants sick and lower crop yields.
SSB Instar
 SSBs have several growth stages between egg and adult called "instars". SSB instars cannot fly yet; while in this stage, they need mealworms and green beans for extra nutrition until they can go outside to hunt the bad bugs.
Bad Bugs
Here are some of the garden enemies that you'll try to destroy when you play BugfarmTM.
Cabbage Looper
 This caterpillar crawls with a "looping" motion, similar to inchworms. Cabbage loopers feed on leaves of a wide variety of plants, including beets, cabbage, lettuce, parsley, peas, potato, soybeans, spinach and tomatoes. Injured leaves appear tattered, with irregularly shaped holes removed between major leaf veins. These soft tube-like insects can be easy, or very difficult to kill, and can get very big. The rarer, larger and harder they are to kill, the more points they're worth.
Colorado Potato Beetle
 The Colorado beetle is a serious crop pest of potatoes. They may also cause significant damage to tomatoes and eggplants. Both adults and larvae feed on foliage and may completely eliminate the crop. If they can't find their favorite plants, they'll eat similar kinds. Attack them along their sides. But be careful -- they may fly away!
Mexican Bean Beetle
 The Mexican bean beetle is one of the few harmful members of the lady beetle family. Mexican bean beetle adults and larvae feed on the undersides of leaves of several plants, including garden beans, cowpeas and soybeans, leaving the leaves skeletonized with a lace-like appearance. Although feeding occurs mainly on the leaves, young pods and even the stems may be attacked and destroyed. Severely affected leaves often dry up and drop off the plant. These six-legged, hard-shelled insects can be tricky to kill, and can escape by flying away.
Tomato Hornworm
 Tomato hornworms are hearty eaters, munching entire leaves, small stems, and even parts of immature fruit. While they are most commonly associated with tomatoes, hornworms are also common pests of eggplants, peppers, and potatoes. Most likely, you'll notice the damage before you notice the hornworms, because their color helps them blend in so well with the plant foliage. Attack tomato hornworms and other caterpillars carefully at the center. Otherwise, they'll whip back and forth to fling you off.
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