Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Order: ColeopteraFamily: Scarabidae Description The adult Japanese beetle has an oval body and is about 15 mm (0.6 inch) in length. It is generally metallic green with coppery brown wing covers that do not quite cover the tip of the...
Thrips Order: Thysanoptera Family: Thripidae Description When fully grown, thrips are about 1-1.5 mm (0.03-0.06 inches) long and have long slender bodies with two pairs of wings that are narrow and fringed with hairs. Unlike most insects, thrips have asymmetrical...
Sugarbeet root maggot, Tetanops myopaeformis Order: DipteraFamily: Otitidae Description The sugarbeet root maggot is native to North America. Adults of sugarbeet root maggot are 6.5 mm (0.25 inches) long with shiny, black bodies that do not have any obvious hairs,...
Twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Order: AcariFamily: Tetranychidae Description Spider mites are small arachnids that are difficult to see without magnification. The twospotted spider mite is the most common spider mite infesting vegetables. Adult females...
Squash bugs, Anasa tristis Order: HemipteraFamily: Coreidae Description Adults are about 1.4-1.6 cm (~0.5-0.6 inch) long and 0.75 cm (~1/3 inch) wide at the widest abdominal region. Adults of this species have a slightly oval body shape with black copper-colored...
