insect damage
Pest-caused plant harm
Insect damage is harm caused by insects to plants, crops, wood, fabrics, or other materials.
The term appears in agriculture, forestry, and pest control: The inspector noted insect damage to the foundation.
Insect damage ranges from cosmetic blemishes on produce to structural destruction by termites or beetles.
- frassArthropod excrement and debris
- raggedWorn to shreds
- exit holesOpenings where objects emerge
- bore holesCylindrical excavations made by drilling
- insecticidesAgents that exterminate bugs
locust swarms · crop failure · holes · gnaw · chew marks · bite · weevilled · eaten · hollowed out · tunnels · riddled · defoliation · boll weevil · beetles · galls · chewed · stippling · sticky traps
- lawn problemsbrown patch, bare spots, dead grass, dead spots, brown spots
- book damagetorn pages, loose pages, cracked spine, broken spine, staining
- crop problemsblight, crop disease, root rot, wilting, fungal infection
- forest damageforest fire, forest fires, wildfires, bark beetle, bark beetles
- fruit flawsbruise, bruising, rot, brown rot, black rot
- plant pestsaphids, aphid, caterpillar, mealybugs, mites
insect damagefrost damage
Harm from ice formation
wind damage · water damage · fire damage · sun damage · hail damage
insect damagepest resistance
Immunity to harmful insects
undamaged · plant health · structural integrity · soundness · wholeness