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Pest Control Library

Use our "mug shots" to identify pest problems in your garden. Click on names for photos and complete descriptions.

Bug Mugs

View photo index of all bugs

tomato hornworm

CATERPILLARS

Tomato Hornworm
Codling Moth
Cabbageworm
Pickleworm
Corn Earworm
Cabbage Looper

grasshopper

GRASSHOPPERS

ladybug

BENEFICIAL

Lady Beetle
Parasitic Wasp
Green Lacewing

whitefly

SMALL INSECTS & PESTS

Whitefly
Aphid
Mealybug
Scale
Spider Mite
Thrips
Leafminer

cucumber beetle

BEETLES

Colorado Potato Beetle
Cucumber Beetle
Curculio
Japanese Beetle
Mexican Bean Beetle
Flea Beetle
Asparagus Beetle
Corn Rootworm
Sweet Potato Weevil

peach tree borer

BORERS

Squash Vine Borer
Peach Tree Borer
European Corn Borer

cutworm

AT OR BELOW GROUND

Cutworm
Root Maggot
Wire Worm
Fire Ant
Earwig
Nematode
Slugs and Snails

tarnished plant bug

TRUE BUGS

Tarnished Plant Bug
Squash Bug
Stink Bug

Diseases

Note: Diseases are categorized by plant part affected.

LEAF SYMPTOMS

Angular Leaf Spot
Bacterial Blight
Bacterial Spot
Bacterial Wilt
Corn Leaf Blights
Downy Mildew
Early Blight
Late Blight
Powdery Mildew
Septoria Leaf Spot
White Mold

roots

ROOT SYMPTOMS

FRUIT SYMPTOMS

Blossom End Rot
Catfacing & Growth Cracks
Corn Smut
Phytophthora Fruit Rot
Potato Scab

plant

MULTIPLE PLANT PARTS

Anthracnose
Black Rot
Viruses

Animal Pests

racoon

SMALL MAMMALS

Chipmunks & Squirrels
Mice, Voles, & Rats
Gophers
Woodchucks
Opossums
Raccoons
Skunks
Rabbits
Armadillo
Moles

deer

LARGE MAMMALS

Coyotes
Bears
Deer

bird

OTHER

Birds
Cats & Dogs
Snakes

CONTROL MEASURES

Animal Fencing
Animal Trapping

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