Read more: 15 Flowers You Can Grow To Ward Off Insects While there are plants you won't want too close to ... setting up a perimeter of sunflowers can reduce the leaf-footed bugs by 78% to 90% ...

The leaf-footed bug, classified as a true bug, is characterized by an elongated and oval body with a rusty coloration, reaching up to 1.5 centimetres (cm) in length. In a threatening situation ...