Garden and landscape pests
Garden and landscape pests
Garden and landscape pests are common invaders that cause damage from chewing to burrowing to wilting plants. Control ranges from simple hand-picking to biological controls like beneficial insects to targeted treatments for a healthy garden and landscape.
Fruits and nuts
Below you will find information on a wide array of pests that may damage tree fruits and nuts in Idaho.
Apple
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Aphids in fruit trees
Armyworms
Corn earworm
Cutworms
Flatheaded borers
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bugs
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Cherry
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Aphids in fruit trees
Armyworms
Cutworms
Flatheaded borers
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bugs
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Grape
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Aphids in fruit trees
Armyworms
Cutworms
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bugs
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Nectarine
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Aphids in fruit trees
Armyworms
Cutworms
Flatheaded borers
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bugs
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Pear
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Aphids in fruit trees
Armyworms
Corn earworm
Cutworms
Flatheaded borers
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bugs
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Plum
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Aphids in fruit trees
Armyworms
Corn earworm
Cutworms
Flatheaded borers
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bugs
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Tree nuts
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Aphids in fruit trees
Armyworms
Cutworms
Flatheaded borers
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bugs
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Trees and shrubs
Below you will find information on a wide array of pests that may damage trees and shrubs in Idaho.
Trees and shrubs
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Aphids in fruit trees
Armyworms
Corn earworm
Cutworms
Grasshoppers
IPS beetle
Lilac-ash borer
Tentworms
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Diseases
Spruce needle cast
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Vegetables
Below you will find information on a wide array of pests that may damage garden vegetables in Idaho.
Carrot
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Aphids in gardens
Armyworms
Cutworms
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bug
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Eggplant
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Aphids in gardens
Armyworms
Colorado potato beetle
Corn earworm
Cutworms
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bug
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Onion
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Aphids in gardens
Armyworms
Cutworms
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bug
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Wireworms
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Pepper
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Aphids in gardens
Armyworms
Cutworms
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bug
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
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
Colorado potato beetle
Corn earworm
Cutworms
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Leafhoppers
Lygus bugs
Psyllids
Thrips
Potato tuberworm
Two-spotted spider mite
Wireworms
Nematodes and diseases
Fusarium dry rot
Potato mop-top virus (PMTV)
Powdery scab
TRV
Powdery mildew
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Tomato
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Aphids in gardens
Armyworms
Colorado potato beetle
Corn earworm
Cutworms
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Lygus bugs
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Lawns and ornamentals
Below you will find information on a wide array of pests that may damage lawns and ornamentals in Idaho.
Lawns
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Armyworms
Publication
Cutworms
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Ornamentals
Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Arthropods
Aphids in woody ornamentals
Armyworms
Corn earworm
Cutworms
Flea beetles
Grasshoppers
Rodents
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
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