A to Z of Pests

Plant and Tree Pests

These pests damage plants, spoil crops and disfigure our gardens. Some of the most successful pest species not only eat the plants, they live their whole lives in them.

Aphids

You can’t stop to smell the roses if these pests kill them first.

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Armoured Scale Insects

Mommy just laid 700 eggs in your garden, and boy, is she hungry.

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European Brown Snail

For a slow creature, they can eat through your garden awfully quickly.

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Exotic Woodwasp

How does a 20 millimeter long pest kill a 20 meter tall tree?

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Garden Weevil

In the dangerous larval stadium, they feed on plant’s roots. As grown beetles they eat at the edges of leaves.

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Greenhouse Whitefly

If they are white flies, why do they infest greenhouses?

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Mealbugs

Common on indoor plants, infestation leads to leaf discolouring.

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Plant Mite

Related to spiders, these sap-sucking creatures have a tendency to break out in dry places.

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Slugs

More than just slimy and disgusting, they are harmful to crops and flowers.

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Thrips

Associated with summer storms, they feel at home in fruit and veg and tend to break out in greenhouses.

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Vine Weevil

Lots of good things grow on vines. These pests aren’t one of them.

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