garden pest
Unwanted yard visitor
A garden pest is any creature that damages cultivated plants—insects, slugs, rabbits, deer, or other animals that eat leaves, roots, or fruit.
The term also applies figuratively to unwanted visitors or nuisances in outdoor spaces: The neighborhood kids had become garden pests, trampling her flower beds.
- beetleHard-winged insect
- whiteflySap-drinking plant pest
- aphidSap-sucking garden pest
- slugNaked terrestrial mollusk
- voleShort-tailed field rodent
grub · leafhopper · cutworm · scale insect · weevil · caterpillar · tomato hornworm · cabbage worm · thrips · larvae · wireworm · spider mite · Japanese beetle · powdery mildew · rabbit · dandelion · wilted · mite
effect on garden
garden pestbeneficial insect
Arthropod aiding agriculture
pollinator · natural predator · earthworm · ladybug · honeybee