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Carrot-Aphid Includes Bean aphid (Aphis fabae) Green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) Willow-carrot aphid (Cavariella aegopodii) Pest description and crop damage The green peach aphid is slender, dark green to yellow, and has no waxy bloom. The wingless form ...

Carrot-Carrot rust fly Psila rosae Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops Pest monitoring Yellow sticky traps can be used to monitor for carrot rust fly. In Ontario, Canada, an action threshold of one-tenth to ...

Carrot-Cutworm and armyworm Includes Black cutworm (Agotis ipsilon) Variegated cutworm (Peridroma saucia) Various species of armyworm Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops Management-cultural control Weed cont ...

Carrot-Garden symphylan Scutigerella immaculata Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops Biology and Control of the Garden Symphylan Pest monitoring Infested soil can be treated with insecticides, but the effect ...

Carrot-Sixspotted leafhopper Macrosteles fascifrons Pest description and crop damage The sixspotted leafhopper also is known as the aster leafhopper. It is about 0.19 inch long, narrow, wedge-shaped, with a beak, tiny antennae, and long hind legs fringed ...

Carrot-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, crop damage and ...

Carrot-Wireworm Several species Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops Management-biological, cultural, tactical See: Potato, Irish-Wireworm Management-chemical control: HOME USE azadirachtin (as a mix with pyr ...

Celery-Aphid Includes Bean aphid (Aphis fabae) Green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) Willow-carrot aphid (Cavariella aegopodii) Pest description and crop damage The willow-carrot aphid is green to greenish yellow. Its primary host is willow, but it feeds on ...

Celery-Carrot rust fly Psila rosae Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops Pest monitoring Orange or yellow sticky traps can be used to monitor for carrot rust fly. In Ontario, Canada, an action threshold of 0.1 ...

Celery-European earwig Forficula auricularia Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops Pest monitoring If you are seeing damage to young shoots of vegetables or perennials, you can confirm the presence of earwigs ...