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Vetch seed-Aphid Includes Cowpea aphid (Aphis craccivora) Pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) Pest description and crop damage Pea aphid is the most common aphid on vetch. It is large, light green, and found on almost all legumes. Cowpea aphid is small and da ...

Vetch seed-Armyworm and cutworm Several species Pest description and crop damage True (common) armyworm (Mythimna unipuncta, formerly Pseudoletia unipuncta) and variegated cutworm (Peridroma saucia) are the most common species in western Oregon. They are ...

Vetch seed-Omnivorous leaftier Cnephasia longana Pest description and crop damage Yellowish brown larvae with a brown head and light stripes on each side of the back. They web terminal leaves and feed on terminal growth. Management-chemical control Bacill ...

Vetch seed-Pea leaf weevil Sitona lineata Pest description and crop damage Adults are small, grayish brown, faintly striped, and about 0.17 inch long. They appear in large numbers in spring, and sometimes again in late summer. If adult feeding on seedling ...

Vetch seed-Slug Gray garden slug (Deroceras reticultatum) and others Pest description and crop damage Land mollusks that feed on various plants, damaging roots, crowns, leaves, and fruit. Snails and slugs are nocturnal and generally feed during the night ...

Vetch seed-Vetch bruchid Bruchus brachialis Pest description and crop damage A small, dark weevil, 0.12 inch long, that resembles the pea weevil but is only half as large. These weevils are almost always in western Oregon vetch seed crops and require cont ...

Sugar beet seed-Aphid Green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) Pest description and crop damage The green peach aphid is yellowish green and teardrop-shaped. Most damaging as a vector of virus diseases rather than by feeding injury through sucking sap. Manageme ...

Sugar beet seed-Garden symphylan Scutigerella immaculata Pest description and crop damage Active, white, fragile, centipede-like arthropod soilborne relatives of insects, 0.25 inch long, with 12 or more pairs of legs. This pest moves vertically in the soi ...

Sugar beet seed-Slug Various species Management-chemical control See Table 1. See also: Slug Control Sugar beet seed Slug ...

Sugar beet seed-Twospotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Management-chemical control See Table 1. Sugar beet seed Twospotted spider mite ...