Moles are usually not after your plants, but the grubs and insects that are after your plants. Unfortunately, they often undermine plant roots (which causes damage to the plant) or just make ugly molehills and tunnels. Physical Description Google Images Molehills and tunnels are usually all you see of this pest, other than sunken or loose […]
Quick Intro Physical Description Leatherjackets are the larvae of crane flies and are pests to several crops. They feed on roots, crowns and sometimes leaves of crops. Species & Taxonomy Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Family: Tipulidae Genus Species: Lifecycle Plants Affected cabbages Plants Unaffected Geographical Range Signs & Symptoms […]
Harlequin bugs are part of the big family of bugs known as Stink Bugs. All but two of this large group of insects are pests to crops. Get familiar with the two good guys (the Two-Spotted Stink Bug & the Rough Stink Bug) so you don’t accidentally kill them. Click the links for some google […]
Clubroot is caused by the soil-borne fungus Plasmodiophora brassicae, and it is the most serious disease of the brassica family. Physical Description Very serious problem where fungus attacks roots and kills the plant Google images of clubroot Species & Taxonomy Kingdom: Rhizaria Phylum: Cercozoa Class: Phytomyxea Order: Plasmodiophorales Family: Plasmodiophoraceae Genus Species: Plasmodiophora brassicae Lifecycle spores are […]
Quick Intro Physical Description Species & Taxonomy Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Order: Family: Genus Species: Lifecycle Plants Affected Plants Unaffected Geographical Range Signs & Symptoms Whole Plant Leaves Flowers Fruit Roots/Tubers How to Positively Identify Treatment Prevention & Control Cultural Controls: Habitat: Temperature & Humidity: Mulching & Cultivation Practices: Natural […]
Quick Intro Physical Description Google Images Larvae green and velvety-looking start out small, but can get up to an inch long often a yellow stripe can be seen running down their back move slowly Species & Taxonomy Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Order: Family: Genus Species: Pieris rapae Lifecycle Plants Affected Plants Unaffected Geographical Range […]
General name for any of the caterpillars or larvae that feed on cabbage and other brassicas. Specific pests include: Cabbage Caterpillar Small White Large White Southern cabbage butterfly Green-veined white Cabbage Looper Cabbage Webworm Diamondback Moth Leaf miner Imported Cabbageworm
Also known as: cabbage fly cabbage root fly root fly turnip fly root maggot Please see “Delia Species” for information on this pest.
Green caterpillars that chew large holes in leaves; handpick – not seriously damaging. Physical Description Google images Green caterpillar that inches along. Species & Taxonomy Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Order: Family: Genus Species: Trichoplusia ni Lifecycle Plants Affected Plants Unaffected Geographical Range Signs & Symptoms Whole Plant Leaves Large holes chewed in leaves […]
Also known as: Cabbage butterfly Cabbage white Large cabbage white generally as cabbage worm Physical Description Google image search caterpillars of Large White, Small White and Cabbage Moths. Species & Taxonomy Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Order: Family: Genus Species: Pieris brassicae Lifecycle Plants Affected cabbages Plants Unaffected Geographical Range Signs & Symptoms Whole Plant […]