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Strawberry-Cyclamen mite Phytonemus pallidus Pest description and crop damage The mature mite is flat, lens-shaped, and transparent. The female's hind legs are threadlike. The cyclamen mite is much smaller than the twospotted spider mite and can be s ...

Strawberry-Garden symphylan Scutigerella immaculata Pest description and crop damage Garden symphylans are sometimes called garden centipedes. When fully grown, they are not more than 8 mm long, have 15 body segments, and 11 or 12 pair of legs. They are s ...

Strawberry-Leafroller Strawberry leafroller (Ancylis comptana fragariae) Western strawberry leafroller (Compsolechia fragariella) Pest description and crop damage The adult is a reddish brown moth with distinctive yellow markings on the forewings, and has ...

Strawberry-Lygus bug Lygus spp., especially tarnished plant bug (Lygus lineolaris) Pest description and crop damage Adult tarnished plant bugs are about 5-6 mm long and their color is variable: they may be pale green to dark brown with yellow, black and o ...

Strawberry-Omnivorous leaftier Strawberry fruitworm (Cnephasia longana) Pest description and crop damage The adult insect is a grayish-yellow, slender moth with brown markings about 12 mm long. The larvae are up to 12 mm long, dirty white, with a brownish ...

Strawberry-Root weevil Includes Black vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) Rough strawberry root weevil (O. rugosostriatus) Strawberry root weevil (O. ovatus) Pest description and crop damage Black vine weevil (BVW) is probably the most common weevil to in ...

Strawberry-Slug 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 and crop dama ...

Strawberry-Spittlebug Meadow spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius) Pest description and crop damage Adult spittlebugs are wedge-shape, grayish brown insects about 3 mm long, and similar in appearance to leafhoppers but are larger and stockier. They jump and fl ...

Strawberry-Strawberry crown moth Synanthedon bibionipennis Pest description and crop damage The strawberry crown moth is an insect native to the PNW and has caused damage to strawberries in the northern Willamette Valley. The adult strongly resembles a ye ...

Strawberry-Thrips Frankliniella occidentalis Pest description and crop damage Adult thrips are small (about 1 to 2 mm long at maturity), slender insects with fringed wings. They are generally white when young but pale yellow to brown when mature. Larvae a ...