Garden bugs - Plant Pests

Alder Leaf Beetle

The Alder Leaf Beetle is 6 to 7 mm long shiny blue-black beetles. Continue reading

Aphid (Aphidoidea)

Aphids are small, herbivorous insects. There are green, white, black, yellow, red and purple aphids. A special category are the scale insects.
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Aphids

Aphids are small, plant-eating insects; see: overview aphids, aphid, black cherry aphid, catalpa aphid, cabbage aphid, green peach aphid, green apple aphid, holly aphid, Hydrangea scale, Poplar-lettuce gall aphid, woolly carrot aphid, Long-tailed mealybug, woolly beech aphid. Continue reading

Apple leaf sawfly

Apple leaf sawfly, an insect from the sawfly family.
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Apple sawfly

The apple sawfly belongs to the sawflies. Sawflies do not have a wasp waist like the ‘regular’ wasps and they do not sting.
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Asparagus beetle

See Common asparagus beetle

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Asparagus Fly

The asparagus fly eats tunnels in the stems and lays its eggs in them; the affected stems grow crooked.
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Asparagus maggot

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Bean seed fly

Bean seed fly, small gray flies measuring 3 to 6 mm.
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Beech gall midge

The beech gall midge is a mosquito over four mm in size and is one of the largest gall midges, found in Europe. Continue reading