Common Houseplants
These tiny arachnids feed on plant sap, causing stippling, yellowing, and fine webbing on leaves, often thriving in hot, dry conditions.
What are Spider Mites?
Known as a gardener’s best friend, this beetle eats aphids and is often red with black spots.
What is a Lady Beetle?
This shield-shaped insect releases a foul odor when disturbed and is known to damage fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants.
What is Brown Marmorated Stink Bug?
Covered in a white, powdery wax, these small insects suck plant sap, causing stunted growth, yellowing, and sometimes sooty mold from their honeydew.
What are Mealybugs?
This insect is famous for its “praying” posture and powerful front legs, which it uses to ambush and eat garden pests.
What is Praying Mantis?
This colorful planthopper, native to Asia, feeds on tree sap, weakens plants, and is considered a major threat to grapes, fruit trees, and hardwoods in the U.S.
What is a Spotted Lanternfly?
These small, immobile insects attach to stems and leaves, feeding on plant sap and often producing a sticky substance called honeydew.
What is Scale?
These strong-jawed insects can chew through leaves, grasses, and crops, sometimes swarming in large numbers and causing major agricultural damage.
What are Grasshoppers?
This metallic green beetle, native to Asia, tunnels under the bark of ash trees, eventually killing them and causing major ecological and economic damage in North America.
What is the Emerald Ash Borer?
These tiny, slender insects feed on flowers and leaves, causing silvery streaks, distortion, and sometimes spreading plant viruses.
What are Thrips?
Despite being mistaken for pests, this tiny arachnid with excellent eyesight leaps on prey and helps control flies, mosquitoes, and other small insects.
What is a Jumping Spider?
The larvae of this moth are notorious for feeding on a wide variety of crops and can migrate in large “armies,” defoliating fields and damaging pastures.
What is an Army Cutworm?
These small, soft-bodied insects suck sap from leaves and stems, often producing sticky honeydew and attracting ants.
What are Aphids?
While some species in this group can deliver a painful bite if handled, most are valuable predators that use their piercing-sucking mouthparts to feed on caterpillars, beetles, and other pests.
Assassin bug
A common nutrient deficiency in plants that causes older leaves to turn yellow while new growth stays green, often leading to stunted growth.
What is Nitrogen Deficiency?