garden pests
Unwanted yard visitors
Garden pests are insects, animals, or other organisms that damage cultivated plants.
The term covers everything from aphids and slugs to rabbits and deer—anything a gardener considers a nuisance to their crops or ornamentals.
What counts as a pest depends on context; a butterfly is welcome until its caterpillars devour the tomatoes.
We lost half the lettuce to garden pests this year.
- caterpillarsLarval moths or butterflies
- tomato hornwormSphinx moth caterpillar stage
- cabbage wormsButterfly larvae eating brassicas
- aphidsSap-feeding garden insects
- beetlesHard-winged insects
Japanese beetles · thrips · squash bugs · moles · rabbits · critter control · crabgrass · powdery mildew · gophers · scale insects · bindweed · spider mites · grasshoppers · chipmunks · groundhogs · deer · deer fencing · whiteflies
garden pestsbeneficial insects
Arthropods aiding agriculture
pollinators · natural predators · ladybugs · earthworms · bees
garden pestsnatural pest control
Non-synthetic population management
predatory insects · pest controllers · companion plants · cover crops