crop pest
Harvest-threatening insect menace
A crop pest is any organism that damages agricultural plants—insects, rodents, birds, fungi, or weeds that reduce yields or quality.
The term frames the organism from the farmer's perspective; the same species might be neutral or beneficial elsewhere.
Locusts are among the most devastating crop pests.
Pest control and pesticides target these threats.
- spotted lanternflyInvasive sap-feeding pest
- weevilSnouted crop beetle
- boll weevilBeetle infesting cotton plants
- insectSix-legged invertebrate
- aphidSap-sucking garden pest
potato beetle · infestation · larvae · tent caterpillar · field mouse · emerald ash borer · fire blight · armyworm · grasshopper · locust · black spot · Japanese beetle · cutworm · corn borer · thrips · borer · stink bug · orchard
crop pestbeneficial insect
Arthropod aiding agriculture
pollinator · natural enemy · honeybee · parasitoid · ladybug
crop pestparasitoid
Host-dependent killer organism
ladybird beetle · praying mantis · ground beetle · barn owl · bat