Insect Management Handbook

Plutella xylostella

Pest description, crop damage and life history

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Common Pests of Vegetable Crops

Includes

Black cutworm (Agotis ipsilon)
Variegated cutworm (Peridroma saucia)

Pest description, crop damage and life history

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Common Pests of Vegetable Crops

Delia brassicae

Pest description, crop damage and life history

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Common Pests of Vegetable Crops

Includes

Beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua)
Bertha armyworm (Mamestra configurata)
Western yellowstriped armyworm (Spodoptera praefica)

Pest description, crop damage and life history

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Common Pests of Vegetable Crops

Includes

Cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae)
Green peach aphid (Myzus persicae)
Turnip aphid (Hyadaphis erysimi)

Ctenicera spp. and Limonius spp.

Pest description, crop damage, biology and life history

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Common Pests of Vegetable Crops

Management-biological, cultural, tactical

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Includes

Pacific spider mite (Tetranychus pacificus)
Strawberry spider mite (Tetranychus turkestani)
Twospotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae)

Pest description and crop damage

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Includes

Arion spp.
Black greenhouse slug (Milax gagates)
Gray field slug (Derocerus reticulatum)
Large spotted garden slug (Limax maximus)
Marsh slug (Derocerus laeve)
Reticulated slug (Prophysaon andersoni)

Pest description, crop damage and life history

Includes

Beet leafminer (Pegomya betae)
Spinach leafminer (Pegomya hyoscyami)

Pest description and crop damage Adults are small black to gray flies with yellow markings. The body is covered with long, stiff bristles. Larvae are nearly translucent white or yellow and about 0.25 inch long when mature. Eggs are white, cylindrical, and laid singly or in small groups.

Scutigerella immaculata

Pest description, crop damage and life history

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Common Pests of Vegetable Crops

Biology and control of the garden symphylan