10 Worst Garden Pests and How to Get Rid of Them

Aphids:

To control aphids, you can spray affected plants with a strong stream of water, introduce natural predators like ladybugs or lacewings, or use insecticidal soap.

Snails:

To control slugs and snails, you can handpick them off plants, create barriers like copper tape around vulnerable areas, or use organic slug baits.

Caterpillars:

To control caterpillars, you can manually remove them from plants, encourage natural predators like birds or beneficial insects.

Japanese Beetles:

To control Japanese beetles, you can handpick them off plants, use pheromone traps to lure them away, or apply insecticidal soap or neem oil.

Whiteflies:

To control whiteflies, you can use yellow sticky traps to capture adults, apply insecticidal soap or neem oil.

Spider Mites:

These tiny pests can cause yellowing leaves and webbing on plants. To control spider mites, you can spray affected plants with a strong stream of water.

Squash Bugs:

To control squash bugs, you can handpick them off plants, use row covers to protect young plants, or apply insecticidal soap or neem oil.

Thrips:

These slender insects feed on the leaves and flowers of plants, causing stippling and distortion.

Cutworms:

To control cutworms, you can use physical barriers like cardboard collars around plant stems, apply.

Wireworms:

To control wireworms, you can use bait traps with potatoes or carrots buried in the soil, rotate crops to disrupt their life cycle, or apply beneficial nematodes to the soil.

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