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Broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower-Cutworm Includes Black cutworm (Agotis ipsilon) Variegated cutworm (Peridroma saucia) Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops Pest monitoring Pheromone traps can b ...

Broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower-Diamondback moth Plutella xylostella Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops Pest monitoring Natural enemies and insecticides applied to control other pests keep t ...

Broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower-Flea beetle Includes cabbage flea beetle (Phyllotreta cruciferae) Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops Pest monitoring Monitor fields for flea beetles soon afte ...

Broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower-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 We do not have a speci ...

Broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower-Grasshopper Various species Pest description and crop damage Grasshoppers eat irregular holes in leaf tissue and can defoliate plants in high numbers, especially when swarming. Damage tends to be greatest on ...

Broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower-Imported cabbageworm Pieris rapae Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops Pest monitoring The following information is from California but is generally applicable ...

Broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower-Looper Includes Alfalfa looper (Autographa californica) Cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni) Pest description and crop damage Both cabbage and alfalfa looper adults are brownish moths with distinctive silvery fi ...

Broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower-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 ande ...

Broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower-Thrips Includes Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) Corn thrips (Frankliniella williamsi) Pest description and crop damage Thrips are small insects about 0.03 inch long. Adult thrips have two ...

Broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower-Wireworm Ctenicera spp. and Limonius spp. Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops Management-biological, cultural, tactical See: Potato, Irish-Wireworm Management- ...