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japanese beetle Japanese Beetle Feed on most garden crops by eating flowers and skeletonize leaves while the larvae feast on roots. Beneficial nematodes will kill larvae. Handpicking will take care of adults.

khapra beetle Khapra Beetle

  • also known as berlin beetle
  • the khapra beetle (trogoderma granarium), that started in south asia around India, is one of the earth's most ruinous pests of grain products, especially wheat, barley, oats, rye, maize, rice, flour, malt, noodles and seeds.
  • has become introduced in a list of mediterranean, middle eastern, asian and african countries.
  • adults possess wings, but obviously don't fly and eat very little.
  • the unmistakable signs of a khapra beetle swarm of insects that attack plants are the presence of larvae and cast skins.
  • is under strict quarantine from the united states.
  • adult female khapra beetles lay from 50 to 100 eggs at one time.
  • using garlic as an organic pesticide will help control khapra beetle as well as fungi and bacteria.
  • adults are short lived seldom survive more than 30 days and normally die within a week of mating.

    lacebug Lacebugs The use of praying mantids, ladybugs, and green lacewings will control these bugs. They feed on plant sap with their sucking mouthparts.

    leaf cutter ant, Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
    Leafcutter Ant

  • are social insects found in warmer regions of the Americas.
  • feed on special structures called gongylidia produced by a specialized fungus that grows only in the underground chambers of the ants' nest.
  • 4 different kinds of the ant have their specific job to do, they are minims, minors, mediae and majors.

    leafhopper Leafhopper These pests are found in all the USA. They suck juices from the plants and cause stunted growth, tip burn, curled leaves, and yellowing. The use of garlic-pepper tea or praying mantids need to be released.

    leafminer Leafminers These maggots will destroy seedlings and plants by tunnelling in leaves. Not a serious threat but can be treated with neem oil.

    mealybug Mealybugs Cause yellow foliage with sooty mold. Use rubbing alcohol on cotton swab for spot treatment. Local lizards will control very well.

    mexican bean beetle Mexican Bean Beetle Feeds on almost all beans by skeletonizing the leaves. There are some tolerate snap and lima beans that can be planted. Release parasitic wasps or spined soldier bugs in infected area.

    yellow fever mosquito, photo by Jessica Lawrence, Eurofins Agroscience Services, Bugwood.org Mosquitoes
    These pests can be deadly. Seaweed combined with garlic-pepper spray to infected areas. There are commercial pods that placed in standing water will control them. There are approximately 3,500 species of mosquitoes found throughout the world. Both male and female mosquitoes feed on nectar. Females require protein and iron to develop eggs, that is the reason for the blood sucking. Mosquitoes hunt their blood source by detecting carbon dioxide

    Natural predators are dragonfly nymph, bats and Purple Martins. Fishes including bass, bluegill, piranha, catfish, fathead minnows, goldfish, guppies and killifish.

    Other controls are:

    • Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bt) has been used to control them as a biological agent.

    • Removing stagnant water and other breeding areas

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    nematodes Nematodes A name for many species of the worm. Plants attacked usually show stunted growth and yellowing. Control is to improve the soil with organic matter to increase beneficial nematodes to feed on harmful nematodes.

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