BioLogic Company

Pest List

Selected important Horticultural Pests to treat
> 230 are susceptible

Products& application rates for some pests:

Pictures are below table.

Pest	Host Plant Location	Recommended Product	Application, AU	Note

Soil insects
Artichoke moth larvae	artichoke heads	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	35,000/sq.ft.
Banana moth larvae	crowns of foliage plants	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	35,000/sq.ft.
Black vine weevils	leaves and roots of ornamentals	HETEROMASK, SCANMASK	35,000/sq.ft.	apply near trunk
Cabbage root maggots	roots of Cole crops	SCANMASK	15,000/sq.ft. surface
Codling moth larvae	apple bark, ground liter, bins, etc.	SCANMASK	35,000/sq.ft. surface
Corn rootworms	corn and cucumber roots	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	in furrow, 35,000/lin.ft.
Crane fly (Tipulid) larvae	turf	SCANMASK	19,000AU/sq. ft.
cucumber beetles	corn and cucumber roots	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	in furrow, 35,000/lin.ft.
Cutworms	vegetable gardens	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	19,000AU/sq.ft.
Flea beetles	larvae on roots- adults leaves	SCANMASK	in furrow, 35,000/lin.ft.
Flea larvae	turf	SCANMASK	13-38,000AU/ft2
Flea beetles	roots, leaves of vegetables	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	38,000AU/ft2
Fungus gnat larvae	Indoor plants, greenhouses	SCANMASK	19-38,000AU/ft2
Greater peach tree borers	roots of trees	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	35,000/sq.ft. drip zone	apply near trunk
Gypsy moth larvae	migrating down trunks	SCANMASK	35,000/sq.ft.
Iris borers	iris rhizomes	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	72,000AU/ft2
Japanese beetle larvae	Turf	SCANMASK, HETEROMASK	19,000AU/sq.ft.
Mole crickets	Turf	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	19,000AU/sq.ft.
Onion maggots	Root crops	SCANMASK	13-38,000AU/ft2
Pine weevils	forest replantings	ECOMASK	1million AU/tree
Raspberry crown borers	junction stem and roots	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	35,000/sq.ft.
Root maggots	Cole crops, root vegetables	SCANMASK	13-38,000AU/ft2
Sod webworms	turf above ground	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	19,000AU/sq.ft.
Strawberry weevils	strawberry liter and plants	SCANMASK, HETEROMASK	38,000AU/ft2
Termites	wood in structures	TERMASK	6 million AU /40 lin.ft.	Foundation perimeter
Tobacco budworms	flower buds	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	35,000/sq.ft.
White grubs	Turf, etc.	SCANMASK, HETEROMASK	19,000AU/sq.ft.
Wireworms	Root crops	SCANMASK	35,000/sq.ft.
Woolly aphids	Tree roots	SCANMASK	38,000AU/ft2

Above ground boring insect larvae
Carpenterworms	ornamental hardwoods	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	25,000/hole
Poplar clearwing borers	poplar tree trunks etc	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	25,000/hole
Dogwood borers	dogwood trunks	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	25,000/hole,72,000/sq.ft.
Corn earworm	sweet corn ears	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	25,000/tassel
Black currant borers	currant stems	SCANMASK	25,000/hole,72,000/sq.ft.

Pest pictures (approximate magnification):

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Crane fly larva(3x)

Sciarids (fungus gnats):


Fungus gnats adult (~30x). This adult is well lighted. In less light most appear pure black.	fungus gnat larvae (~25x)(~2x). Note head capsule.	nematode infected larva

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Black vine weevil damage to rhododhendron - note notched leaf. Damage to roots is more serious, but harder to detect.

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Pine weevil adult(3x) - Black vine weevil adults look similar.

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Cutworm

White grubs:


Under damaged turf	Single White grub(2x)

Root maggots:


Root maggot at end of knife on radish.	Root maggot damage to cabbage. Plants suddenly wilt. This in spite of a chemical insecticide in soil.	SCANMASK treated cabbage in adjacent row. Note root mass.

Wooly aphids visible on stem.


Nymphs underground damage roots.