Insects can become pests in the garden when they cause damage to garden plants. The signs of damage vary, typically depending on the way that the insect feeds on the plant.
Some insects have chewing mouthparts, leaving tears and holes; others have piercing-sucking mouthparts, often causing wilting, yellowing, or browning on plants.
Pests
- Aphids, Mites, and Thrips
- Camellia Pests and Problems
- Caribbean Fruit Fly
- Chilli Thrips
- Chinch Bugs
- Cycad Aulacaspis Scale
- Eastern Lubber Grasshoppers
- Fall Armyworm
- Fall Webworm
- Fire Ants
- Firewood Pests
- Hornworm Caterpillars
- Iguanas
- Invasive Animals
- Leaffooted Insect Pests
- Lime Swallowtail
- Lobate Lac Scale
- Mosquitoes
- Nematodes
- Nuisance Wildlife
- Snails and Slugs
- Stinging and Venomous Caterpillars
- Tea Scale
- Tropical Sod Webworm
- Twig Girdlers
- White Grubs
- Yellow Jackets
Pest Management
- The Basics of Pesticides
- Beneficial Insects
- Biopesticides: Bt and Spinosad
- Biopesticides: Horticultural Oils
- Citrus Psyllid Wasps
- Different Pests Cause Different Damage
- Garden Myths, Volume One
- Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Natural Pest and Disease Management
- Pesticide and Fertilizer Disposal
- Pesticide Application
- Pesticide Labels
- Pesticide Types
- Soaps, Detergents and Pest Management
- Soil Solarization
- Tomato Insect Pest Management
- Trap Cropping