Harmful Insects

Harmful Insects
	Pine Bark Beetle Target: Ponderosa Pine Damage: Beetles bore holes through the cambium layer, make devastating galleries, larva chews tunnels that girdle the tree, causing it to die from the top down. Control: Spray trees with carbaryl in February every year. Deep water trees during periods of drought.
	Ants (Sugar or Harvester) Target: Any sugar substance, seeds, foods Damage: Pest or nuisance, make unsightly mounds, stings hurt. Control-Organic: Terros, Boric Acid, or try a mix of 4-Tbls dish soap and ¼ cup limejuice per gallon. Harvester: Disrupt the mound, Dish soap mix. Chemical: Sugar Ant – Spray mound and tracts with HiYield Kill-A-Bug II. Harvester – Amdro and HiYield Kill-A-Bug II.
	Aphid Target: All tender leaves and stems Damage: Pierce tender leaves and stems, sucking out plant juices. Large populations can make leaves and stems curl up and die. Control: High pressure water spray, insecticidal soap, Dormant oil (winter), systemic insecticides, broad range insecticidal sprays, ladybugs, HiYield Kill-A-Bug II.
	Cabbage Looper (Worm) Target: Cole (cabbage) crops Damage: Eat holes in leaves of cole crops. May cause plants to turn yellow, become stunted and not produce. Control: Floating row cover, hand pick, spray with BT, Neem, or carbaryl, clean up leaves and garden debris, plow garden after harvest in fall, HiYield Kill-A-Bug II.
	Codling Moth Larva Target: Apples and pears Damage: Skin blemished. Tunnels and worm waste all through the fruit (ruined). Control: Keep leaves raked, clean up fallen fruit, spray fruit with BT or carbaryl after petal fall.
	Corn Earworm Target: Corn ears, other vegetables Damage: Moths lay eggs in corn silk, worm crawls into ear and eat immature kernels. Control: BT, Mineral oil, Pick worms off leaves, spray other vegetables with BT or Carbaryl.
	Cutworm Target: Mostly young emerging seedlings Damage: Eats foliage, can cut plant off at the soil line Control: Hand pick, BT, Diatomaceous earth, Carbaryl, HiYield Kill-A-Bug II.
	Tent Caterpillar Target: Tree foliage, mostly walnuts Damage: Unsightly web tents house larva that can strip trees of leaves. Control: Spray webs with BT at first sight, fall clean-up, Fertilome Borer Bagworm Leaf Miner, and Tent Caterpillar spray.
	Mealybug Target: Potted houseplants Damage: Sucks vitality out of plants Control: Malathion drench, Pyrethrum, hand pick, rubbing alcohol and cotton swab, HiYield Kill-A-Bug II.
	Mexican Bean Beetle Target: Bean leaves Damage: Skeletonize leaves, both beetle and larva eat leaves Control: Hand pick, rub off eggs on underside to kill larva. Spray with soap or carbaryl.
	Spider Mite Target: Conifers, junipers, and many leafy plants Damage: Mites suck juice from cells, cause leaves to discolor and lose vitality. Control: Kelthane, constant wash down
	Squash Bug Target: Leaves of squash and other cucurbit vegetable plants Damage: Sucks plant juices, fatally damaging plants Control: Keep beds clean, insecticidal soap. Plant resistant varieties.
	Stink Bug Target: Tomatoes, berries, plums, and pears Damage: Stings fruit and leaves, leaving blemishes, yellowing, and distortion Control: Hand pick, spray with soap, carbaryl, HiYield Kill-A-Bug II.
	Tomato Hornworm Target: Mostly tomato plants Damage: Strips leaves and stems of foliage Control: Hand pick when soil is tilled. HiYield Kill-A-Bug II spray and granules.
	Grasshoppers Target: Leaves and new growth of most plants Damage: Eats unsightly holes in leaves, a large population can kill new tender plants. Control: Nolo Bait when nymphs are young, Carbaryl spray, HiYield Kill-A-Bug II spray.
	Peach Tree Borer Target: Stone fruit trees, but mostly peach trees Damage: Larva enter trees at soil line, girdling and interrupting nutrient flow. Weak or dead trees result. Control: Spray Dormant Oil in winter, Fall clean-up is essential skewer hole to stab larva, BT.
	White Grub Target Roots of trees, shrubs, and grasses Damage: Large population can eat enough roots to kill a plant Control: Hand pick when soil is tilled, HiYield Kill-A-Bug II spray and granules.
	Thrip Target: Different species attack different plants Damage: Thrips suck and chew plants for the chlorophyll leaving dots on leaves with a silvery hue. Keeps rose buds from full bloom. Control: Systemic insecticide, hose off daily, spray with Carbaryl, or HiYield Kill-A-Bug II.