Hosts and Pests of Vegetable Crops

Artichoke (globe artichoke)

• Aphid
• Artichoke plume moth
• Cutworm
• Painted lady or thistle butterfly
• Slug

Asparagus

• Aphid
• Armyworm and cutworm
• Asparagus beetle
• Garden symphylan
• Spotted asparagus beetle
• Wireworm

Bean, dry

• Aphid
• Armyworm and cutworm
• Corn earworm
• Cucumber beetle
• Grasshopper
• Lygus bug
• Mexican bean beetle
• Seedcorn maggot
• Spider mite
• Thrips
• Western bean cutworm
• Wireworm

Bean, lima

• Aphid
• Corn earworm
• Grasshopper
• Leafhopper
• Lima bean pod borer
• Lygus bug
• Seedcorn maggot
• Slug
• Spider mite
• Wireworm

Bean, snap

• Aphid
• Armyworm and cutworm
• Cucumber beetle
• Garden symphylan
• Grasshopper
• Lygus bug
• Nitidulid beetle
• Pea leaf weevil
• Seedcorn maggot
• Slug
• Spider mite
• Stink bug and plant bug
• Wireworm

Beet, table

• Aphid
• Armyworm and cutworm
• Blister beetle
• Cucumber beetle
• Flea beetle
• Garden symphylan
• Leafminer
• Slug
• Spider mite
• Wireworm

Broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower

• Aphid
• Armyworm
• Cabbage maggot
• Cutworm
• Diamondback moth
• Flea beetle
• Garden symphylan
• Grasshopper
• Imported cabbageworm
• Looper
• Slug
• Thrips
• Wireworm

Carrot

• Aphid
• Carrot rust fly
• Cutworm and armyworm
• Garden symphylan
• Sixspotted leafhopper
• Slug
• Wireworm

Celery

• Aphid
• Carrot rust fly
• European earwig
• Lepidoptera larvae
• Slug

Chard, Swiss

• Aphid
• Armyworm, cutworm, and looper
• Blister beetle
• Cucumber beetle
• Flea beetle
• Leafminer
• Wireworm

Collard and kale

• Aphid
• Armyworm, cutworm, and looper
• Cabbage maggot
• Diamondback moth
• Flea beetle
• Imported cabbageworm
• Leafminer
• Wireworm

Corn, sweet

• Aphid
• Armyworm
• Corn earworm
• Corn rootworm (adult)
• Corn rootworm (larvae)
• Cutworm
• Garden symphylan
• Grasshopper
• Seedcorn maggot
• Slug
• Spider mite
• Thrips
• Western bean cutworm
• Wireworm

Cucumber

• Aphid
• Cucumber beetle
• Cutworm
• Garden symphylan
• Grasshopper
• Looper
• Seedcorn maggot
• Slug
• Spider mite
• Squash bug
• Thrips
• Wireworm

Dill

• Aphid

Eggplant

• Aphid
• Colorado potato beetle
• Flea beetle
• Four-spotted Spider mite
• Whitefly
• Wireworm

Endive (Escarole)

• Aphid
• Beet armyworm
• Looper
• Wireworm

Garlic

• Armyworm and cutworm
• Bulb mite
• Garden symphylan
• Thrips
• Wireworm

Horseradish

• Aphid
• Cabbage flea beetle
• Cutworm
• Diamondback moth
• Imported cabbageworm
• Wireworm

Kohlrabi

• Aphid
• Armyworm and looper
• Cabbage maggot
• Cucumber beetle
• Cutworm
• Diamondback moth
• Flea beetle
• Imported cabbageworm
• Wireworm

Leek and shallot

• Thrips

Lentil

• Aphid
• Lygus bug
• Seedcorn maggot
• Western yellowstriped armyworm

Lettuce

• Aphid
• Armyworm and cutworm
• Cucumber beetle
• European earwig
• Lettuce root aphid
• Looper
• Slug
• Wireworm

Melon (Cantaloupe, muskmelon, and watermelon)

• Aphid
• Armyworm and cutworm
• Cucumber beetle
• Grasshopper
• Looper
• Spider mite
• Squash bug
• Wireworm

Mushroom

Mustard greens

• Aphid
• Armyworm and looper
• Cabbage maggot
• Cucumber beetle
• Cutworm
• Diamondback moth
• Flea beetle
• Imported cabbageworm
• Wireworm

Onion

• Armyworm and cutworm
• Brown wheat mite
• Bulb mite
• Leafminer
• Onion maggot and seedcorn maggot
• Thrips
• Wireworm

Parsley

• Aphid
• Armyworm, cutworm, and looper

Parsnip

• Aphid
• Armyworm and cutworm
• Carrot rust fly
• Flea beetle
• Leafhopper

Pea, green and dry

• Aphid
• Armyworm and cutworm
• Grasshopper
• Leafminer
• Looper
• Pea leaf weevil
• Pea moth
• Pea weevil
• Seedcorn maggot
• Thrips
• Wireworm

Pepper

• Aphid
• Armyworm, cutworm, and looper
• Flea beetle
• Garden symphylan
• Spider mite
• Whitefly
• Wireworm

Potato, Irish

Potato, sweet

• Aphid
• Spider mite
• Wireworm

Pumpkin and squash

• Aphid
• Cucumber beetle
• Nitidulid beetle
• Seedcorn maggot
• Slug
• Spider mite
• Squash bug
• Wireworm

Radish

• Aphid
• Armyworm and cutworm
• Cabbage maggot
• Diamondback moth
• Flea beetle
• Looper
• Wireworm

Rhubarb

• Armyworm, cutworm, and looper
• Garden symphylan
• Slug

Salsify

• Aphid
• Armyworm
• Wireworm

Spinach

• Aphid
• Armyworm and cutworm
• Collembola (springtail)
• Cucumber beetle
• European cranefly
• Garden symphylan
• Leafminer
• Looper
• Lygus bug
• Wireworm

Tomato

• Aphid
• Armyworm and cutworm
• Colorado potato beetle
• Flea beetle
• Spider mite
• Tomato fruitworm (Corn earworm)
• Tomato hornworm
• Whitefly
• Wireworm

Turnip (roots and tops) and rutabaga

• Aphid
• Cabbage maggot
• Diamondback moth
• Flea beetle
• Wireworm

Watercress

• Aphid
• Flea beetle
• Lepidoptera larvae