Common Plant Pests
Aphid
Characteristics
Aphids are small, pear-shaped soft-bodied insects. They
have a mouth part adapted for sucking out plant juices and
prefer to feed on young, tender shoots and leaves. Most
plants can tolerate moderate numbers without great damage.
Wilted or curled leaves and sticky honeydew on leaves are
often signs of aphids. Columns of ants moving up and down
a plant may also indicate an aphid problem. Ants protect
aphids from their natural predators in order to maintain
a supply of aphid honeydew. Controlling the ants may allow
natural predators to help you manage aphids.
Remedies
Dragonfly, Damselfly
Green lacewing
Horticultural oil
Hover fly/Syrphid fly
Insecticidal soap
Lady beetle
Parasitic wasp
Rove beetle
Soldier beetle
Sticky trap
Hosts
Rose
Birch
Fruit trees
Maple
Vegetables