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Landscape pests-Aphid Order Hemiptera; Family Aphididae Pest description and damage Several species of aphids feed on the foliage, stem, flower, bud, bark or root tissues of conifer and deciduous trees, shrubs as well as other plants in landscapes. Aphids ...
Landscape pests-Bark beetle Includes Elm bark beetle (Scolytus scolytus) Shothole borer (Scolytus rugulosus) Ips spp. Dendroctonus spp. Pest description and damage Bark beetles are small (0.2 to 0.25 inch long), cylindrical dark-colored beetles that attac ...
Landscape pests-Caterpillar Order Lepidoptera Pest description and damage Caterpillars are the larvae of butterflies and moths. The size of mature caterpillars is highly variable ranging from tiny (less than 0.1 inch in length) leafminers that tunnel betw ...
Landscape pests-Cricket and katydid Includes True cricket (Gryllidae) Katydid (Tettigoniidae) including Mormon cricket (Anabrus simplex, a shield-backed katydid) Pest description and damage Most mature crickets, Mormon crickets and katydids have a leather ...
Landscape pests-Cutworm, fruitworm and armyworm Order Lepidoptera: Family Noctuidae Pest description and damage The moth family Noctuidae contains over 2,000 species of caterpillars including cutworm, fruitworm and armyworm. The variegated cutworm is one ...
Landscape pests-Earwig Primarily European earwig (Forficula auricularia) Pest description and damage This introduced, nocturnal insect can devastate seedlings, flowers, leaves, and fruit. Adults are brown in color and roughly 0.5 inch long. Easily recogni ...
Landscape pests-Eriophyid mite Includes Rust mite and gall mite (Family: Eriophyidae) Pest description and damage The tiny (0.005 to 0.008 inch long) body of most eriophyid mite species is translucent and cigar-shaped tapering to the hind end, with only f ...
Landscape pests-Gallmakers Includes aphid, adelgid, eriophyid mite, flies, gall wasp, midge, psyllids, and sawflies Pest description and damage Plant galls are formed in response to an interaction with insects, (as well as mites, nematodes, viruses, or fu ...
Landscape pests-Grasshopper Includes many species in the family Acrididae Pest description and damage Grasshoppers, or short-horned grasshoppers, are related to crickets and katydids. There are over 600 species of short-horned grasshoppers in North Americ ...
