Flower Insects

Identify foliar nematode damage of flowering plants.

Cutworms are destructive night feeders on flowering plants.

Caterpillars may eat the foliage of flowering plants but they are not all considered pests! Many will become beautiful butterflies.

Identify the damage caused by cyclamen mites on flowering plants.

Mites that feed on the bulbs of crocus, tulip and other bulbs.

Borers are the caterpillars (larvae) of adult moths that bore into the stems of flowering plants.

Identify blister beetles on flowering plants.

Larvae or grubs feed on the roots of Kentucky bluegrass, fine fescues, and other grasses. Adults are brown beetles with metallic green heads that emerge mid-June and feed on more than 275 plant species.

Earwigs are commonly found inside and outside of the home and are easily recognized by the pair of pincers at the tip of the abdomen.