Pests of Vegetables

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Bugs

diamondback moth larvae
Cabbage Worms
(Cabbage Looper, Diamondback Moth, Imported Cabbageworm)

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Diseases

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Other Critters

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Weeds

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[Photos, left to right: (aphids) Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; > (armyworm) North Carolina Forest Service Archive, Bugwood.org; (cabbage maggot) Queen's Printer for Ontario, 2009; (cabbage worms) Russ Ottens, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org; (Colorado potato beetle) >Clemson> University> - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org ; (corn earworm) >Alton> N. Sparks, Jr., University of Georgia, Bugwood.org; (cutworms) >Frank Peairs, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; (European corn borer) >Frank Peairs, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; (fall armyworm) University of Georgia Archive, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org; (flea beetles) >Russ Ottens, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org; (hornworms) Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; (Japanese beetle) David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org; (leafhoppers) >Steve L. Brown, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org; (spider mites) >David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org; (squash bug) >Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; (stink bugs) >David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org; >> (striped cucumber beetle) >Clemson> University> - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org; (thrips) >David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org; (wireworms) >Frank Peairs, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; (tomato) Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M System; (downy mildew) Gerald Holmes, Valent USA Corporation, Bugwood.org; (late blight) Department of Horticulture Website at Cornell University; (powdery mildew) Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; (slugs & snails) Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org; (deer) David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org; (Canada thistle) John M. Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Bugwood.org; (vetch) Dan Tenaglia, Missouriplants.com; (morning glory) K. George Beck & James Sebastian, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; (purple loosestrife) John D. Byrd, Mississippi State University, Bugwood.org; (creeping charlie) Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org; (chickweed) Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org; (garlic mustard) David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org; (hairy galinsoga) Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org; (woodsorrel) Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org; (purslane) Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org; (sowthistle) Chris Evans, River to River CWMA, Bugwood.org; (dandelion) Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org; (cypress spurge) Todd Pfeiffer, Klamath County Weed Control, Bugwood.org; (yellow nutsedge) Jeff Stachler, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org; (quackgrass) Steve Dewey, Utah State University, Bugwood.org; (crabgrass) Richard Old, XID Services, Inc., Bugwood.org; (ragweed) Ohio State Weed Lab Archive, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org; (shepherd's purse) Robert Vidéki, Doronicum Kft., Bugwood.org; (lambsquarters) Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org; (pigweed) Steve Dewey, Utah State University, Bugwood.org; (plantain) Lynn Sosnoskie, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org; (Oriental bittersweet) Nancy Loewenstein, Auburn University, Bugwood.org; (poison ivy) Catherine Herms, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org; (giant hogweed) Maine Department of Agriculture; (Japanese knotweed) Richard Old, XID Services, Inc., Bugwood.org; (field horsetail) Gil Wojciech, Polish Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org; John Cardina, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org]