Aphids can be a problem in the home landscape, vegetable garden, or fruit garden. They can vector many viral diseases and can cause significant damage to desired plants if the aphid population is left unchecked Aphids reproduce quickly and have multiple generations per year Females of most species can give birth to live young, meaning that within a few days in summer time temperatures aphid populations can grow exponentially.

Fungi cause most plant diseases To infect plants, pathogenic fungi employ an array of strategies Some fungi destroy their hosts and subsist on dead material necrotrophs while others reside in living tissue biotrophs To invade plant organs, pathogenic growth and specialized infection structures are tightly regulated. Multiple virulence factors are used by fungal pathogens to colonize and induce disease.

Mealybugs are attracted to plants with high nitrogen levels and soft growth they may appear if you overwater and over fertilize your plants

Scales rarely resemble insects Their waxy, almost impermeable shell protects them This shell protects the female's eggs After hatching, the " stage is motile and will move about the host plant to find a feeding location, making it easy to control.

Thrips Thysanoptera Thripidae are one of the more troublesome pests for gardeners because they are hard to spot and the damage they cause often looks more like a nutritional or disease problem, not insect damage Thrips can affect hundreds of different ornamental and edible plants, and they are extremely resistant to eradication.

Weeds are any unwanted plant that grows where it is not desired Since humans first attempted to cultivate plants, they have been required to combat the invasion of vegetation into landscape areas Some weedy plants were removed from the category of weeds and placed under cultivation after it was discovered that they possessed benefits that were not initially suspected.

Weevils are a type of beetle Adult weevils feed on plant foliage during the winter and summer months However, weevil larvae that feed on plant roots during the winter can be more damaging They are about a third of an inch long, light grey in color, and have "V"-shaped markings on their wings Eventhough they have wings, they cannot fly.