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.
Below you will find information on a wide array of pests that may damage gardens and landscaping in Idaho. Click on any pest of interest to find a short guide on its biology, identification and management.
Lawns
Ornamentals
Rodents —pocket gophers and meadow voles
Pocket gophers and meadow voles cause significant damage to gardens and landscapes, rangeland, alfalfa, pastures and other agricultural crops in the Pacific Northwest.
Pocket gophers
Meadow voles
Tree and nuts — 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 bug
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Trees and nuts — 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 bug
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Trees and nuts — 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 bug
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Trees and nuts — 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 bug
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Trees and nuts — 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 bug
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Trees and nuts — 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 bug
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
Trees and nuts — 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 bug
Thrips
Two-spotted spider mite
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
Vegetables — Carrot
Vegetables — Eggplant
Vegetables — Onion
Vegetables — Pepper
Vegetables — Potato
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