Insect Management Handbook

Includes Epitrix spp.

Pest description, crop damage and life history

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Common Pests of Vegetable Crops

Management-biological control

Western spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata)
Western striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma trivittatum)

Pest description, crop damage and life history

See:

Common Pests of Vegetable Crops

Epicauta spp.

Includes

Beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua)
Bertha armyworm (Mamestra configurata)
Black cutworm (Agotis ipsilon)
Variegated cutworm (Peridroma saucia)
Western yellowstriped armyworm (Spodoptera praefica)

Pest description, crop damage and life history

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Includes

Bean aphid (Aphis fabae)
Green peach aphid (Myzus persicae)
Pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum)
Potato aphid (Macrosyphum euphorbiae)

Ctenicera spp. and Limonius spp.

Pest description, crop damage and life history

See:

Common Pests of Vegetable Crops

Management-biological, cultural, tactical

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Many species in two families:
Pentatomidae (stink bugs)
Miridae (plant bugs)

Includes

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

Pest description, crop damage and life history

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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

Delia platura

Pest description, crop damage and life history

See:

Common Pests of Vegetable Crops