Hemp Insect Fact Sheets

Insects that Chew on Leaves

Beet Webworm

Beet Armyworm

Cotton Square Borer/Gray Hairstreak

Earwigs

Flea Beetles

Grasshoppers

Southern Corn Rootworm/Spotted Cucumber Beetle

Painted Lady

Saltmarsh Caterpillar

Yellow Woollybear

Zebra Caterpillar

Variegated Cutworm

Yellow-striped Armyworm

Tree Crickets

Insects/Mites that Suck Fluids from Leaves

Cannabis Aphid

Rice Root Aphid

Leafhoppers

Curly top Beet Leafhopper

Potato Leafhopper

False Chinch Bug

Lygus Bugs

Red-shouldered Stink Bug

Conchuela and Say’s Stink Bug

Thrips

Twospotted Spider Mite

Hemp Russet Mites

Lygus Bugs

Stilt Bug

Insects that Tunnel into Stems/Branches

Eurasian Hemp Borer

European Corn Borer

Insects/Mites associated with Buds/Flowers/Seeds

Lygus Bugs

Hyaline Grass Bug

Red-shouldered Stink Bug

Conchuela and Say’s Stink Bug

Corn Earworm

Eurasian Hemp Borer

Insects that Develop in the Roots

Rice Root Aphid

Fungus Gnats

Natural Enemies/Predators

Spined Assassin Bug

Ambush Bug

Big-eyed Bug

Damsel Bug

Minute Pirate Bug

Ragweed Plant Bug

Stilt Bug

European Mantid

Two-spotted Collops Beetle

Convergent Lady Beetle/Lady Beetles

Green Lacewings

Long-legged Flies

Flower Flies/Syrphid Flies

Robber Flies

Daddy-long-legs

Spiders

Pollinators

Hemp Pollen and Bees

Bee diversity and abundance on flowers of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) By: C. O’Brien and H.S.Arathi at Colorado State University

Incidental Species Commonly Observed on Outdoor-grown Hemp

Bumble Flower Beetle

Flesh Fly

Midge

Golden Tortoise Beetle

Purslane Blotchmine Sawfly