Pests

27 July 2021

Learn about the symptoms caused by the cereal cyst nematode.

23 July 2021

Bean seed fly larvae can damage alliums, peas, cereals, field beans, and vegetable brassicas.

27 July 2021

Find out about the identification, life cycle, benefits and how to encourage parasitic wasps and parasitoids.

27 July 2021

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

3 August 2023

The silver Y moth can affect diverse crops, including oilseeds, carrots, peas, field beans, sugar beet, lettuce and vegetable brassicas.

13 July 2021

Currant–lettuce aphid feeds on the foliage of lettuce plants, causing stunting and contamination issues.

27 July 2021

Learn how to identify and control the two-spotted spider mite.

3 August 2021

The potato leafhopper is a minor pest of potatoes.

23 January 2026

Understand the weevil’s life cycle, the effects of larval feeding and differences to the cabbage stem flea beetle.

3 August 2021

Learn about the root knot nematode and its effects on sugar beet.

26 November 2025

Various Hymenoptera species are important as natural enemies of field pests.

12 July 2021

Learn about minor flea beetles, including the Wessex, striped, turnip, adult beet and flax flea beetles.

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