Insect Management Handbook

Includes Thrips spp. and Frankliniella spp.

Pest description, crop damage and life history

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Common Pests of Vegetable Crops

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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Delia platura

Pest description, crop damage and life history

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Common Pests of Vegetable Crops

Epilachna varivestis

Pest description and crop damage Adult beetles are about 0.25 inch long. They are dome-shaped and yellow to copper brown with eight small black spots in three rows across each wing cover. Eggs are small and yellow. The mature yellow larva is about 0.6 inch long and covered with dark, branched spines. Pupae are yellow to copper color and about 0.25 inch.

Lygus spp.

Pest description, crop damage and life history

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Common Pests of Vegetable Crops

Many species

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

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Common Pests of Vegetable Crops

Helicoverpa zea

Pest description, crop damage and life history

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Common Pests of Vegetable Crops

Management-biological control

Includes

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

Pest description, crop damage and life history

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Includes

Bean aphid (Aphis fabae)
Pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum)

Pest description, crop damage and life history

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Common Pests of Vegetable Crops