Animal
Where: In yards and landscaped areas where digging, urinating and defecating cause damage.
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Aphid
Where: In clusters, under leaves, and on new plant growth of indoor and outdoor gardens.
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Armyworm
Where: Active at night on the leaves of lettuce, cole crops, beans, tomatoes and corn.
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Asparagus Beetle
Where: One of the most destructive pests of both garden variety and wild asparagus.
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Bean Beetle
Where: A destructive pest found in the eastern United States and portions of the southwest.
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Blister Beetle
Where: Feeding in clusters on a large number of leaf crops, plant blossoms, flowers and hay crops.
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Cabbage Looper
Where: Leaves of cabbage or cole crops (broccoli, cauliflower, kale and turnip).
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Cabbage Worm
Where: Chews large, irregular holes in the leaves of cabbage and cole crops.
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Corn Earworm
Where: One of the most destructive insect pests attacking corn. Also found on tomatoes.
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Cucumber Beetle
Where: Leaves, flowers and fruits of cucumbers, squash, pumpkins, beans and potatoes.
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Cutworm
Where: At night, cutworms clip off seedling stems near or just below the soil surface.
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Deer
Where: Browsers are found nibbling on gardens, tender perennials and young trees.
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Earwig
Where: Leaves, flowers and shoots of most vegetables, flowers and ornamentals.
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European Corn Borer
Where: Leaves, tassels and stalks of corn; also found on peppers, potatoes, tomatoes and apples.
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Flea Beetle
Where: A voracious feeder that chews numerous small holes in crop leaves. Jumps like a flea.
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Grasshopper
Where: One of the most destructive insect pests attacking small trees, shrubs and gardens.
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Leafhopper
Where: Found on a variety of fruit and vegetable crops throughout North America.
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Leafminer
Where: Between the upper and lower surfaces of leaves. Common in greenhouses.
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Potato Beetle
Where: Potato crops throughout the United States. Both the adult and larval forms are damaging.
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Psyllid
Where: Throughout North America on fruit trees. Also known as jumping plant lice.
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Root Maggot
Where: Around the roots of many vegetable crops including radish, carrot, turnip and onions.
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Slug & Snail
Where: In damp, shady locations feeding on live and decaying plant material.
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Sowbug & Pillbug
Where: On decaying matter; occasionally on seedlings, new roots and lower leaves.
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Spider Mite
Where: Indoor and outdoor gardens and can be very destructive in greenhouses.
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Squash Bug
Where: Throughout North America on the leaves and stems of squash and pumpkins.
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Stink Bug
Where: Attacking fruit and vegetable crops. Also, found swarming inside one’s home.
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Thrips
Where: On the leaves, fruits and flowers of many greenhouse, ornamental and vegetable plants.
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Tomato Hornworm
Where: The most destructive and widely distributed pest of tobacco and tomato plants.
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Whitefly
Where: On the leaves, flowers and fruits of many indoor and outdoor plantings.
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Wireworm
Where: Underground attacking germinating seeds, roots, bulbs and tubers of plants.
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