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Can damage plants through nest-building, which can damage roots, soil structure and even kill the plants.
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Soft-bodied insects that use their piercing sucking mouthparts to feed on plant sap.
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When infested with thrips the leaves of the plant will appear brownish and/or silvery.
| |  | | Beet Armyworm
Damage is often characterized by skeletonization and profuse silk webbing.
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The larvae feed on the roots of plants and cause more serious damage than the adults.
| |  | | Broccoli Worms
Also known as the Imported Cabbage Worm.
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Scale are small parasitic insects that feed on plant juices.
| |  | | Cabbage Butterfly
Also called the Imported Cabbageworm.
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Attacks drought-stressed lawns and wild grasses by piercing the plant with its four-jointed beak and sucking out sap.
| |  | | Click Beetle
These pests eat the roots of numerous plant species and young trees.
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Cutworms feed on fruit trees and many other plants including garden vegetables and field crops.
| |  | | Diamond Back Moth
The larvae attack cabbage, collards, greenhouse plants, and some ornamentals.
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Feeds primarily on corn but also feeds on cotton, alfalfa, clover, peanuts, grasses, tobacco and many garden crops.
| |  | | Fire Ants
Fire ant colonies consist of the eggs, larvae and pupae and several castes of adults.
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Large numbers of aphids on plants can cause wilting from removal of sap and the spreading of plant viruses.
| |  | | Fungus Gnats
Symptoms of fungus gnat infestation are sudden wilting, poor growth, yellowing, and foliage loss.
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Damage results from larvae feeding on roots.
| |  | | Grasshoppers
Some species occur in very large numbers and cause serious crop damage and loss of plants in pastures.
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They attack nearly all vegetables of the mustard family, especially mustard greens and various cabbages.
| |  | | Iris Borer
Iris borers are the most damaging pest of irises. They will attack all varieties of irises.
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Feed on over 275 plant species including deciduous tree fruits, many small fruits, vegetables and grasses.
| |  | | Leafhopper
Leafhoppers are one of the most abundant groups of plant feeding insects.
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Many insects can be leafminers, including some flies, beetles, moths, and wasps.
| |  | | Leafroller
Young larvae feed on flat leaves, but older larvae fold the leaves in half and hold them together with webbing.
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Also known as May beetles, June bugs and June beetles.
| |  | | Northern Masked Chafer
The destructive grubs eat the roots of turf on golf courses and lawns.
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Can be controlled by natural enemies and does not usually cause economic damage.
| |  | | Orange Tortrix
The orange tortrix feeds primarily on blackberry, dewberry, raspberry and grapes.
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The larvae stage damages plant roots and lawns. The adult stage damages roses squash and other plants.
| |  | | Slugs
Slugs feed on plant leaves and can be a nuisance in gardens. They love to eat tender new growth on plants.
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Like slugs, the common garden snail will chew through young plants and stems on your garden.
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