Agricultural pests
Agricultural pests
Agricultural pests can destroy up to one-third of global crop yields. Effective integrated pest management helps to mitigate significant financial losses causes by pests.
Below you will find information on a wide array of pests that may damage a wide variety of crops grown in Idaho.
Alfalfa
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Armyworms
Cutworms
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bugs in alfalfa
Pea leaf weevils
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Wireworms
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Beans
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Armyworms
Cutworms
Grasshoppers
Lygus bugs
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Wireworms
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Corn
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Armyworms
Corn earworm
Cutworms
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bugs
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Wireworms
Diseases
HPV
Stewart's wilt
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Hemp
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Armyworms
Corn earworm
Cutworms
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bugs
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Wireworms
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Hops
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Armyworms
Corn earworm
Cutworms
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bugs
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Wireworms
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Mint
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Armyworms
Cutworms
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bugs
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Wireworms
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Onion
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Armyworms
Cutworms
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bugs
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Wireworms
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Potato
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Aphids in potato
Armyworms
Beet leafhopper
Colorado potato beetle
Corn earworm
Cutworms
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bugs
Potato tuberworm
Psyllids
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Wireworms
Diseases
Fusarium dry rot
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Pulses
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Armyworms
Corn earworm
Cutworms
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bugs
Pea aphids
Pea leaf weevils
Pea weevils
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Wireworms
Diseases
CFF
Halo blight
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Small grains
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Aphids cereals
Armyworms
Cutworms
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Thrips
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Sugar beet
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Armyworms
Beet leafhopper
Cutworms
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bugs
Sugar beet root maggot
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Wireworms
Diseases
Cercospora
Beet curly top virus
Powdery mildew
Rhizoctonia root and crown rot
Rhizomania
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
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