Insect management for vegetable crops
Minnesota is home to insects, both beneficial and pests, that impact vegetable production.
Learn to anticipate and manage these common insects in vegetable crops.
Broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, and other cole crops (brassicas)
- Aphids
- Cabbage loopers
- Cabbage maggots
- Cutworms
- Diamondback moths
- Flea beetles
- Imported cabbage worms
- Swede midge
Cucumber, pumpkin, squash, and melons (cucurbits)
- Cucumber beetles (spotted and striped)
- Cutworms
- Spider mites
- Squash bugs
- Squash vine borers
Tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and potatoes (solanaceous)
- Colorado potato beetles
- Cutworms
- Flea beetles
- Spider mites
- Threelined potato beetles
- Tomato hornworms
Sweet corn
Other crops
- Asparagus beetles
- Aster leafhopper
- Bean leaf beetles
- Cutworms
- Japanese beetles
- Leafminers (spinach and vegetable)
- Onion maggots
- Slugs
Beneficial insects
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