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How to Manage Pests

Pests in Gardens and Landscapes

Pest identification and confirmation:
Common foliage-feeding caterpillars

How to distinguish insect larvae

Diamondback moth
Diamondback moth
Plutella xylostella

Cabbage loooper
Cabbage looper
Trichoplusia ni

Beet armyworm
Beet armyworm
Spodoptera exigua

Omnivorous looper
Omnivorous looper
Sabulodes aegrotata

Orange tortrix
Orange tortrix
Argyrotaenia citrana

Obliquebanded leafroller
Obliquebanded leafroller
Choristoneura rosaceana

Tobacco budworm
Tobacco budworm
Heliothis virescens

Variegated cutworm
Variegated cutworm
Peridroma saucia

Imported cabbageworm
Imported cabbageworm
Pieris rapae

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