Pests
Gather in swarms and date back to 2000BC
Locusts
Attracted to grass and can tunnel through the soil/fly
Mole Crickets
Emit an odor when they are killed or touched.
Green Stinkbug
Adults feed on foliage and larvae feed on roots.
Whitefringed Beetle
Most active on warm days and rest on the underside of leaves.
Leaf Hopper
Favorite vegetables are peas, lettuce, cabbage, and kale.
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
Cut plants off at the base or near ground level.
Cut Worm
Important pollinators and larvae feed on pests.
Tachnid Fly
Microscopic worms that live in the soil.
Nematodes
They secrete toxic saliva into the plants and causes the leaves to blacken and fall off the plant.
Squash Bug
Common in South Florida and favor cucumbers.
Banded Cucumber Beetle
Insects that use their piercing-sucking mouthparts to feed on the sap of living plants and leave behind sugary liquid.
Aphids
These pests feed on cruciferous plants, chewing holes in leaves and boring into cabbages and ruining entire heads.
Cabbage Worm / Moth
Come out and feed at night.
Root Weevils
Caribbean Fruit Fly