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Home > Pest Problem Solver Guide > Garden & Greenhouse Pests > Ground & Underground Pests


Ground & Underground Pests

Soil dwelling pests can harm your plant root systems. The pests on this page can be found on the ground or right below the surface.


Ants
Ants

Can damage plants through nest-building, which can damage roots, soil structure and even kill the plants.

Asparagus Beetles
Asparagus Beetles

Asparagus is the only food plant of these beetles.

Bean Leaf Beetle
Bean Leaf Beetle

Hosts plants include bean, clover, corn, cowpea, soybean, peanut and several leguminous weeds.

Broccoli Worms
Broccoli Worms

Also known as the Imported Cabbage Worm.

Black Cutworm
Black Cutworm

This pest feeds on a wide range of field and garden crops.

Cabbage Root Maggot
Cabbage Root Maggot

These pests eat small fibrous roots and tunnel in stems and large fleshy roots.

Canker Worms
Canker Worms

Both fall and spring cankerworms feed on a wide variety of trees including fruit trees.

Carrot Rust Fly
Carrot Rust Fly

Attacked carrots are stunted; they frequently rot and acquire a bitter taste.

Carrot Weevil
Carrot Weevil

Zigzag tunnels can be found in the tops and roots of infested plants.

Chinch Bug
Chinch Bug

Attacks drought-stressed lawns and wild grasses by piercing the plant with its four-jointed beak and sucking out sap.

Click Beetle
Click Beetle

These pests eat the roots of numerous plant species and young trees.

Colorado Potato Beetle
Colorado Potato Beetle

All natural solutions to stop these destructive pests.

Cross-Striped Cabbageworm
Cross-Striped Cabbageworm

Bigger problem on broccoli, cauliflower, collards and Brussels sprouts than cabbage.

Earwigs
Earwigs

Preventing earwigs in your homes is best achieved by barrier treatments around house foundations.

Eelworm
Eelworm

Also called Root Knot Nematodes, it has a wide range of host plants, tomatoes one of the most affected.

European Apple Sawfly
European Apple Sawfly

The larva pupates in the spring and adults emerge during the pink stage of apples.

European Chafer
European Chafer

Most damage is caused by the tiny grubs. The adults are tan colored beetles that resemble small June bugs.

Fire Ants
Fire Ants

Fire ant colonies consist of the eggs, larvae and pupae and several castes of adults.

Fungus Gnats
Fungus Gnats

Symptoms of fungus gnat infestation are sudden wilting, poor growth, yellowing, and foliage loss.

Grape Root Worms
Grape Root Worms

The larvae devour small roots and eat pits in the outer portion of larger roots.

Grubs
Grubs

Damage results from larvae feeding on roots.

Hickory Shuckworm
Hickory Shuckworm

They emerge in early June and attack until pecans are harvested.

Japanese Beetle
Japanese Beetle

Feed on over 275 plant species including deciduous tree fruits, many small fruits, vegetables and grasses.

June Bugs
June Bugs

The larvae (grubs) feed in the soil on plant roots and often damage grass lawns.

May Bugs
May Bugs

Also known as May beetles, June bugs and June beetles.

Mole Crickets
Mole Crickets

They feed on earthworms, soil-inhabiting insect larvae, roots of garden plants and grasses.

Onion Fly Maggot
Onion Fly Maggot

The larvae tunnel into onion bulbs, which may turn yellow and die before maturity.

Oriental Beetle
Oriental Beetle

The larvae stage damages plant roots and lawns. The adult stage damages roses squash and other plants.

Oriental Fruit Moth
Oriental Fruit Moth

Larvae typically enter fruit from the stem end and cause the fruit to rot.

Red Banded Leafroller
Red Banded Leafroller

The red banded leafroller feeds on apple, cherry, plum, peach, grape, vegetable crops and ornamentals.

Root Knot Nematodes
Root Knot Nematodes

These parasitic creatures live off the cells of their host plant.

Root Maggot
Root Maggot

They feed underground and attack vegetable crops such as radish, carrots, turnip, and onions.

Rose Chafer
Rose Chafer

They prefer the flowers of roses and peonies, new grapes, and the leaves of grapes. Larvae will damage roots.

Snails
Snails

Like slugs, the common garden snail will chew through young plants and stems on your garden.

Sod Webworm
Sod Webworm

They feed on corn, tobacco, bluegrass, timothy, field grasses and lawn and golf course grasses.

Spinach Leafminer
Spinach Leafminer

The spinach leafminer is the most destructive pest of spinach.

Tobacco Budworm
Tobacco Budworm

They attack buds of developing flowers, which causes damaged buds not to open.

Walnut Husk Fly
Walnut Husk Fly

After feeding on the husk, mature maggots drop to the ground and burrow several inches into the soil to pupate.



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