Insect Guides

Identify common plant pests and learn how to treat them organically or chemically.

Severity: All 527 🔴 Severe Risk 58 🟠 High Risk 218 🟡 Moderate Risk 175 🟢 Low Risk 37 ✅ Beneficial 39
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Mentha Lesion Nematode

Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb)

Soil Pests & Nematodes High Risk
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Mesta Hairy Caterpillar

Spilosoma obliqua (Walker)

Chewing Insects High Risk
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Mesta Shoot Webber

Crocidosema sp.

Chewing Insects Moderate Risk
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Mexican Bean Beetle

Epilachna varivestis

Chewing Insects Moderate Risk
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Midge

Cecidomyiidae

Sap-Sucking Insects Low Risk
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Mint Root-Knot Nematode

Meloidogyne hapla (Chitwood)

Soil Pests & Nematodes High Risk
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Mint Russet Mite

Aculops menthae (Trotter)

Mites & Ticks (Arachnids) High Risk
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Minute Pirate Bugs

Orius insidiosus

Beneficial Insects Low Risk
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Mole Crickets

Gryllotalpidae

Soil Pests & Nematodes Moderate Risk
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Mungbean Bruchid (Adzuki Bean Weevil)

Callosobruchus chinensis

Stored Product & Hive Pests High Risk
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Mungbean Leaf Beetle

Madurasia obscurella

Chewing Insects Moderate Risk
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Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus Vector

Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) — biotype Asia II-1

Viral Vectors High Risk
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Mushroom Cecid Fly

Heteropeza pygmaea

Fungal & Bacterial Vectors Moderate Risk
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Mushroom Cecid Fly

Mycophila speyeri (Barnes)

Borers, Mining & Weevils Insects Moderate Risk
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Mushroom Phorid Fly

Megaselia halterata

Fungal & Bacterial Vectors High Risk
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Mushroom Phorid Fly

Megaselia halterata (Wood)

Borers, Mining & Weevils Insects Moderate Risk
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Mushroom Sciarid Fly

Bradysia tritici

Fungal & Bacterial Vectors High Risk
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Mushroom Sciarid Fly

Lycoriella ingenua (Dufour)

Borers, Mining & Weevils Insects High Risk
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Mustard Aphid

Lipaphis erysimi

Sap-Sucking Insects Severe Risk
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Mustard Leaf Miner

Liriomyza brassicae

Chewing Insects Moderate Risk
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Mustard Sawfly

Athalia lugens proxima

Chewing Insects High Risk
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Nantucket Pine Tip Moth

Rhyacionia frustrana

Borers, Mining & Weevils Insects High Risk
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Neem Heartwood Borer

Holotrichia serrata

Borers, Mining & Weevils Insects Moderate Risk
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Neem Stem Borer

Plocaederus ferrugineus (Fabricius)

Borers, Mining & Weevils Insects High Risk
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