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Cucumber
Fall armyworm Striped cucumber beetle Pickleworm Spider mites Squash vine borer [... more]
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Mexican Bean Beetle
Adult: Copper colored, oval, 1/4 inch long, 16 black spots on back. Larva: Orange to yellow, fuzzy or spiny, up to 1/3 inch long. Adults and larvae feed on pods and on underside of leaves; pods and leaves are skeletonized. Mexican bean beetles ... [... more]
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Carrot
Carrot caterpillar Carrot rust fly Vegetable weevil Wireworms [... more]
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Beans
Corn earworm (= Tomato fruitworm) Spotted cucumber beetle Striped cucumber beetle Bean leaf beetle Blister beetles Cowpea curculio European corn borer Japanese beetle Leafhoppers Lygus bugs Mexican bean beetle Root maggots Rose chafer Seed corn ... [... more]
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Blister beetles
Many species. Gray, black, or striped. Slender, 1/2 to 3/4 inch long. Beet, chard, soybean, bean, corn, melon, peas, potato, radish, tomato and turnip. Beetles eat leaves. (Larvae feed on grasshopper eggs and are therefore somewhat ... [... more]
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Lettuce
Six-spotted leafhopper Leafhoppers Cabbage looper Vegetable weevil [... more]
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Turnip & Mustard
Imported cabbageworm Cabbage aphid Cabbage webworm Diamondback moth [... more]
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Imported Cabbageworm
Velvety green with faint yellow longitudinal stripes and many fine hairs; up to 1 and 1/4 inches long. Cabbage, cauliflower, collards, brussels sprouts, mustard, turnip and kale. Feeds on underside of leaves, producing ragged holes; bores into heads. [... more]
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Vegetable Weevil
Adult: Dull, grayish brown; 2 oval pale gray marks on back; 3/8 inch long. Larva: Light green body and light yellow to brown head; 5/8 inch long when full grown. Destroy infested rows or pick-off weevils at night. Sticky barriers can be placed ... [... more]
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Flea Beetles
Many species. Black, brown, or striped beetles; about 1/16 inch long. Active, hops away when disturbed Tomato, pepper, cabbage and related crops, eggplant, beet, spinach, turnip, mustard and radish. Young plants, especially transplants, are ... [... more]
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Insects in Motion
The Entomology Department at Virginia Tech has begun compiling a collection of video clips which we hope will be useful for teaching purposes. Currently our collection illustrates different behaviors of insects performing two functions, feeding ... [... more]
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Identification of Insects and Mites
This slide set is a good self-tutorial for many of the common pests of ornamental plants found in Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic region. It has several sections based on different basic groups of pest insects and mites. For the Christmas tree ... [... more]
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