Bug Chart
What's That Bug?
Not all bugs in your garden are bad.
This chart will help you determine if the pests on your plants are beneficial or harmful.
This chart will help you determine if the pests on your plants are beneficial or harmful.
DESCRIPTION |
SOLUTION |
|
Aphid - BAD
|
Natural Predators: Ladybugs Parasitic Wasps Crab Spiders Hoverflies Lcewings Praying Mantids Treat With: Bon-Neem Insecticidal Soap Mite-X Tomato & Veg RX 3-in-1 |
|
Armyworm - BAD  |
Treat With: Tomato & Veg RX 3-in-1 BT |
Bagworms - BAD  |
Natural Predators: Birds Treat With: Tomato & Veg RX 3-in-1 BT |
|
Boxelder Bug - NEUTRAL  |
Natural Predators: Chipmunks Mice Rats Geese Ducks |
|
Bumble Bee - GOOD  |
Pollinator |
Cabbage Looper - BAD  |
Natural Predators:
Birds Praying Mantids Assassin Bugs Damsel Bugs Hoverflies Treat With: Tomato & Veg RX 3-in-1 BT |
|
Chinch Bug - BAD  |
Natural Predators:
Ground Beetles |
Codling Moth & Larvae - BAD
 |
Treat With:
BT |
|
Colorado Potato Beetle - BAD  |
Natural Predators:
Beneficial Nematodes Green Lacewings Ladybugs Ground Beetles Songbirds |
Cutworm - BAD  |
Natural Predators:
Green Lacewings Tachnid Flies Trichogramma Braconid Wasps Blackbirds Toads |
|
Cucumber Beetle (Striped) - BAD  |
Natural Predators:
Tachnid Flies Soldier Beetles Braconid Wasps Green Lacewings Ladybugs Bats Beneficial Nematodes Treat With: Tomato & Veg RX 3-in-1 |
|
Cucumber Beetle (Spotted) - BAD  |
Natural Predators: Tachnid Flies Soldier Beetles Braconid Wasps Green Lacewings Ladybugs Bats Beneficial Nematodes Treat With: Tomato & Veg RX 3-in-1 |
Flea Beetle - BAD  |
Natural Predators:
Ground Beetles Parasitic Wasps Toads Chickadees Purple Finches Treat With: Bon-Neem Insecticidal Soap |
Fungus Gnat - BAD  |
Natural Predators:
Hypoaspis Aculeifer Treat With: Bon-Neem Insecticidal Soap |
|
Green Lacewing - GOOD  |
Preys On: Mites Aphids |
|
Honey Bee - GOOD  |
Pollinator |
|
Japanese Beetle - BAD  |
Natural Predators:
Assassin Bugs Treat With: Tomato & Veg RX 3-in-1 |
|
Ladybug - GOOD  |
Preys On:
Aphids Mites Scale |
Leafhopper - BAD
|
Treat With:
Tomato & Veg RX 3-in-1 Bon-Neem Insecticidal Soap |
Leafminer - BAD  |
Natural Predators:
Ladybugs Green Lacewings Robins Chickadees Purple Finches Treat With: Tomato & Veg RX 3-in-1 |
Leafroller - BAD  |
Treat With:
BT |
|
Mason Bee - GOOD  |
Pollinator |
Mealybugs - BAD  |
Natural Predators:
Ladybugs Green Lacewings Parasitic Wasps Pirate Bugs Treat With: Tomato & Veg RX 3-in-1 Bon-Neem Insecticidal Soap |
Mites - BAD  |
Natural Predators:
Ladybugs Green Lacewings Damsel Bugs Treat With: Bon-Neem Insecticidal Soap Mite-X Tomato & Veg RX 3-in-1 |
|
Mosquito - BAD  |
Natural Predators:
Damsel Flies Treat With: Mosquito Beater Granules |
|
Praying Mantis - GOOD  |
Safe around people and pets
Preys On: Almost any bug, including beneficial insects |
Scale - BAD  |
Treat With:
Tomato & Veg RX 3-in-1 Bon-Neem Insecticidal Soap |
Slugs - BAD  |
Natural Predators:
Toads Snakes Fireflies Ducks Treat With: Beer Traps Salt |
Snails - BAD  |
Natural Predators:
Frogs Toads Lizards Snakes Treat With: Beer Traps Salt Ginger Coffee Grounds |
Squash Vine Borer - BAD
 |
Natural Predators:
Beneficial Nematodes Treat With: BT |
Tent Caterpillars - BAD  |
Treat With:
Tomato & Veg RX 3-in-1 Bon-Neem Insecticidal Soap BT |
Thrips - BAD  |
Natural Predators:
Ladybugs Green Lacewings Treat With: Mite-X Bon-Neem Insecticidal Soap |
|
Tomato Hornworm - BAD  |
Natural Predators:
Braconid Wasps Treat With: BT Dipel 150 Dust Tomato & Veg RX 3-in-1 |
Wasp (Braconid) - GOOD
|
Preys On:
Horn worms and other caterpillars by laying its eggs on the worm, to be used as a food source. |
Webworms - BAD  |
Treat With:
BT |
|
Whiteflies - BAD  |
Treat With:
Tomato & Veg RX 3-in-1 Bon-Neem Insecticidal Soap |
