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Questions tagged [pest-damage]

For questions about damage from animals

Pests (typically mammals and insects) can cause various kinds of damage. Use this tag for all questions about such damage. Such questions might be about how to avoid it, how to help a plant recover, and whether a crop is still usable.

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What pesticide should I use with an Orange tree in Texas?

I've got two Orange trees and two avocado trees in my backyard. One of the orange trees looks to be the victim of a disease and has sooty mold on it. From what I have read this is usually due to animals which excrete honeydew which allows for this…
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What are these pests that are eating my pomegranate roots, and how can I control them?

I'm not sure what pest this is, but it is eating the roots of my pomegranate shrub. I saw it once on the top soil, and, when digging into the soil, I unearthed around 15 of these pests. I need to know what this is, so that I can apply the proper…
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What could have dug holes in my corn garden?

I planted some corn seed a few weeks ago and they began to germinate lately. Then this evening, I found almost all of them got dug out! The germinated seed are mostly left near the holes, but some of them are gone and there's no visible worm damage…
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What ate the leaves of my bell pepper plant?

I planted a sweet orange bell pepper plant last week in my garden bed, which was converted from a fire pit. It's only half a foot tall and hasn't flowered yet. One day, an entire leaf was chewed off. On the next day, almost all the leaves were…
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What to do about a slug and excrement on my Batavian lettuce?

I think this is happening because this lettuce is ready to harvest and it's been sitting in there too long? I discovered one slug (is that a slug?) which I can remove... but there are also all these black dots (I'm assuming someone's excrement)…
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Snap pea seedlings wilting

I transplanted some snap pea (sugar bon from Baker creek) seedlings a few weeks ago. For a while they were looking great and starting to grow. Then several of them started to wilt and turn white. When I pulled them out their roots seemed short and…
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Whats up with my grapevine

Im located in south Jersey Soil is clay but was amended with leafcompost, micronutrients stuff and topped with 4" woodchips. Only watered it when planted and monitored the moister level before watering again...So I planted this grapevine in spring.…
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What animals dig surface trench in lawns?

I went out to take a few pictures for plant identification and noticed these surface trenches in our lawn. The trenches are more visible in weed-heavy areas (2nd pic). I've read about the various rodents but none of them seem to leave surface…
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Are these scale insects? How to get rid of them?

I have tried to kill them with Neudorff Spruzit spray (Pyrethrin) and Provanto spray (Flupyradifurone) and they still keep spreading after 2-3 months from first poisoning. I really need help because now they spread somehow in my Thai constellation…
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Entire apple seedling was eaten, but miraculously came back as two. Now what?

At the beginning of the pandemic, house bound, I decided I wanted to try germinating apple seeds from fruits I had consumed. After a dormancy, one of the seeds actually sprouted and I was obsessed with caring for it. It got about 6 or 7 inches tall,…
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Is this Viburnum Leaf Beetle?

I've got about 5 of these shrubs (I believe they are Viburnum latana 'Mohican') on a side of my house I nearly never get around to. Today when I was doing a walk around I noticed they were getting absolutely decimated by... something. When I…
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What caused the crazing under the bark of this conifer?

When the bark fell off of this dead conifer in the Pacific Northwest I was amazed by the pattern on the cambium (or is it phloem?). I assume some sort of insect caused this? If so, what kind? And did this kill the tree?
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Green caterpillars pest on kale, what to do after finding and removing the pests?

I had recently discovered and removed what appears to be Cabbage loopers on some of my kale, as shown in the images below. What is the best decontamination procedure after removal? Should I give the plants a thorough rinse and transplant it with…
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Pea Pest Identification

I was in my garden today and noticed my pea plants are being eaten by something. Could someone help me identify what's happening and how I could stop it? The pea plants are about 1-3 in tall and I didn't notice any issues 5 days ago. I'm not sure if…
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Do I have fava bean beetles?

I've noticed a beetle on our fava beans. They crawl out and fly away, leaving perfectly circular little holes. Any idea what they are and what they do? Besides the little hole, the beans seem fine. I can't post images but they're little dark…
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