Welcome to the
Insect Identification Laboratory
at Virginia Tech


Common Insect and Mite Pests of Vegetables

found in Virginia and Nearby Areas


Fact Sheet List

Aphids

 

Asparagus Beetle

 

Bean Aphid

 

Bean Leaf Beetle

 

Beet Webworm

 

Blister Beetles

 

Cabbage Aphid

 

Cabbage Looper

 

Cabbage Maggot

 

Cabbage Webworm

 

Carrot Caterpillar

 

Carrot Rust Fly

 

Celery Leaf Tier

 

Celeryworm

 

Colorado Potato Beetle

 

Corn Earworm

 

Corn Sap Beetles

 

Cowpea Curculio

 

Cucumber Beetles

 

Cutworms

 

Diamondback Moth

 

Eggplant Lacebug

 

European Corn Borer

 

European Corn Borer in Sweet Bell Peppers

 

Fall Armyworm

 

Flea Beetles

 

Garden Symphylan

 

Grasshoppers

 

Harlequin Bug

 

Hornworms

 

Imported cabbageworm

 

Japanese Beetle

 

Leafhoppers

 

Leafminers

 

Lima Bean Pod Borer

 

Lygus Bugs

 

Mexican Bean Beetle

 

Mole Crickets

 

Onion Maggot

 

Onion Thrips

 

Orange Tortrix

 

Parsleyworm

 

Pea Weevil

 

Pepper Maggot

 

Pepper Weevil

 

Pickleworm

 

Potato Tuberworm

 

Raspberry Crown Borer

 

Raspberry Fruitworms

 

Red Necked Cane Borer

 

Rhubarb Curculio

 

Root Maggots

 

Rose Chafer

 

Rose Scale

 

Seedcorn Maggot

 

Six Spotted Leafhopper

 

Spider Mites

 

Spotted Cucumber Beetle

 

Stalk Borer

 

Stink Bugs

 

Striped Cucumber Beetle

 

Squash Bug

 

Squash Vine Borer

 

Sweet Potato Weevil

 

Tarnished Plant Bug

 

Tomato Fruitworm

 

Tomato Russet Mite

 

Turnip Aphid

 

Vegetable Weevil

 

White Fringed Beetles

 

White Grubs

 

Wireworms


Revised 3/29/2006

Developed by Alexandra Spring & Eric R. Day (Manager), Insect Identification Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech

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