Content related to the sectors: potatoes

Cutworms, the larvae of various moth species, damage many horticultural crops, as well as potatoes and sugar beet.

Free-living nematodes can affect crops including carrots, potatoes and sugar beet causing yield reductions and reducing crop quality.

Find out about the species in the soil pest complex and how to manage them.

Find out how to identify and encourage rove beetles in field crops.

Learn about the life cycle and identification of soldier beetles, as well as how to encourage them.

Ladybirds commonly eat aphids and scale insects and are important for biocontrol.

Learn how to encourage flower and pirate bugs, damsel bugs and assassin bugs.

Learn about the biology and benefits of encouraging centipedes.

Learn how to identify and encourage robber flies.

Learn about the identification and life cycle of long-legged flies.

Balloon and dagger flies can predate many field pests, including aphids and thrips.

Dance flies are predators of aphids and midges and can be encouraged in field crops.