Insect Guides
Identify common plant pests and learn how to treat them organically or chemically.
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🐞 Beneficial Insects 56 ⛏️ Borers, Mining & Weevils Insects 110 🦗 Chewing Insects 118 🪰 Dipteran Parasitoids 1 🦠 Fungal & Bacterial Vectors 18 🧫 Microbial Pathogens 4 🕷️ Mites & Ticks (Arachnids) 38 💧 Sap-Sucking Insects 119 🪱 Soil Pests & Nematodes 39 🍯 Stored Product & Hive Pests 17 🦟 Viral Vectors 7
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🔴 Severe Risk 58 🟠 High Risk 218 🟡 Moderate Risk 175 🟢 Low Risk 37 ✅ Beneficial 39
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Turmeric Thrips
Panchaetothrips indicus
Sap-Sucking Insects Moderate Risk
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Two-Spotted Spider Mite
Tetranychus urticae
Mites & Ticks (Arachnids) Severe Risk
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Twospotted Spider Mite
Tetranychus urticae
Mites & Ticks (Arachnids) High Risk
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Uzi Fly
Exorista bombycis (Louis) [Blepharipa zebina]
Dipteran Parasitoids High Risk
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Vegetable Leafminer
Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) [and related Liriomyza spp.]
Borers, Mining & Weevils Insects High Risk
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Vegetable Root-Knot Nematode
Meloidogyne incognita
Soil Pests & Nematodes Severe Risk
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Vegetable Weevil
Listroderes costirostris
Chewing Insects Moderate Risk
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Verticillium Lecanii
Lecanicillium lecanii
Microbial Pathogens Beneficial
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Vetiver Spider Mite
Oligonychus pratensis (Banks)
Mites & Ticks (Arachnids) Moderate Risk
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Walnut Blue Butterfly
Chaetoprocta odata
Chewing Insects Moderate Risk
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Warehouse Beetle
Trogoderma variabile (Ballion)
Borers, Mining & Weevils Insects High Risk
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Weevils (Vine & Root)
Otiorhynchus spp.
Chewing Insects High Risk
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White Grub
Holotrichia serrata
Soil Pests & Nematodes High Risk
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White Muscardine Fungus
Beauveria bassiana
Beneficial Insects Beneficial
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Whiteflies
Aleyrodidae
Sap-Sucking Insects High Risk
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Whitefly (Silverleaf Whitefly)
Bemisia tabaci
Fungal & Bacterial Vectors Severe Risk
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Wild Mustard Aphid (Turnip Aphid)
Lipaphis pseudobrassicae
Sap-Sucking Insects High Risk
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Wireworms
Elateridae larvae
Soil Pests & Nematodes Moderate Risk
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Woolly Aphids
Eriosomatinae
Sap-Sucking Insects Moderate Risk
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Yam Scale
Aspidiella hartii (Cockerell) [Aspidiotus hartii]
Sap-Sucking Insects Moderate Risk
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Yam Tuber White Grub
Holotrichia consanguinea
Soil Pests & Nematodes High Risk
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Yellow Stem Borer
Scirpophaga incertulas
Borers, Mining & Weevils Insects High Risk
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Yellow Syrphid Fly (Hover Fly)
Ischiodon scutellaris
Beneficial Insects Beneficial
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