BioLogic Company

Pest List

Selected important Horticultural Pests to treat
> 230 are susceptible

Products& application rates for some pests:

Pictures are below table.

Pest	Fig.	Host Plant Location	Recommended Product	Application, AU	App.Note
Soil insects
Artichoke moth larvae		artichoke heads	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	35,000/sqft.	Spray heads
Banana moth larvae		crowns of foliage plants	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	35,000/sqft.	Spray crowns
Black vine weevils	1, 2	leaves and roots of ornamentals	HETEROMASK, SCANMASK	35,000/sqft.	apply most near trunk.
Cabbage root maggots	3, 4, 5	roots of Cole crops	SCANMASK	13-38,000/sqft. surface	Treat plugs or spray plants
Chinch bugs		turf	experimental - Therre are only laboratory infections reported.
Codling moth larvae		apple bark, ground liter, bins, etc.	SCANMASK	35,000/sqft. surface	Bins can be dipped.
Corn rootworms		corn and cucumber roots	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	35,000/lin.ft.	in furrow
Crane fly (Tipulid) larvae (leather jackets)	6, 7	turf	SCANMASK	19,000/sqft.	topdress
cucumber beetles		corn and cucumber roots	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	35,000/lin.ft.	in furrow
Cutworms	8	vegetable gardens	ECOMASK' SCANMASK	19,000/sqft.	topdress, keep moist
Flea beetles	9	larvae on roots- adults on leaves	SCANMASK	in furrow(4 inch wide) 12,000/lin.ft.
Flea larvae	10	turf	SCANMASK. ECOMASK	13-38,000/sqft.
Fungus gnat larvae	11,12,13	Indoor plants, greenhouses	SCANMASK	19-38,000/sqft.	injector spray
Greater peach tree borers		roots of trees	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	35,000/sqft. drip zone	apply near trunk
Gypsy moth larvae		migrating down trunks, on ground	SCANMASK	35,000/sq.ft.
Iris borers		iris rhizomes	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	72,000/sqft.
Japanese beetle larvae	14,15	Turf	SCANMASK, HETEROMASK	19,000/sqft.
Mole crickets		Turf	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	19,000/sqft.
Onion maggots		Root crops	SCANMASK	13-38,000/sqft.
Pine weevils	2	forest replantings	ECOMASK	1million/tree
Raspberry crown borers		junction stem and roots	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	35,000/sqft.
Root maggots	3, 4, 5	Cole crops, root vegetables	SCANMASK	13-38,000/sqft. Apply to plugs or seed furrow or spray around plants before oviposition.	Treat plugs or spray plants
Sod webworms		turf above ground	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	19,000/sqft.
Strawberry weevils		strawberry liter and plants	SCANMASK, HETEROMASK	38,000/sqft.
Termites	16, 17	wood in structures	TERMASK	6 million/40 lin.ft.	Foundation perimeter
Thrips: Kills prepupae, pupae, thus reducing other stages. Grower talks 6/15/2009	18	greenhouse pots	SCANMASK	250 MILLION/1.5 acre; 3,875/sq.ft. weekly	injrctor spray
Tobacco budworms		flower buds	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	35,000/sqft.
White grubs	14,15	Turf, etc.	HETEROMASK,SCANMASK	19,000/sqft.
Wireworms		Root crops	SCANMASK	35,000/sqft.
Woolly aphids	19	Tree roots	SCANMASK	38,000AU/ft2
Plant Parasitic Nematodes, i.e. Root knot nematodes		Plant roots	SCANMASK	25,000/sqft.
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/sqft.
Corn earworm		sweet corn ears	SCANMASK, ECOMASK	25,000/tassel
Black currant borers		currant stems	SCANMASK	25,000/hole,72,000/sqft.

Pest pictures


Fig. 1 Black vine weevil damage to rhododhendron - note notched leaf. Damage to roots is more serious, but harder to detect.	Fig. 2 Pine weevil adult - Black vine weevil adults look similar. Adults are abut 3/8 inches long.

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Fig 3. Root maggots: Root maggot, white, no head, at end of knife on radish.

Fig. 4. Root maggot damage to cabbage. Plants suddenly wilt. This in spite of a chemical insecticide in soil.

Fig. 5. SCANMASK treated cabbage in adjacent row. Note normal root mass.


Fig. 6.( H.F.Chu)Crane fly larva: schematic, ~2x	Fig.7. Crane fly larva in turf (OSU)


Fig.8. Cutworm larva, color varies	Fig. 9. Flea beetle, ~4x	Fig.10 Flea larva, ~10x

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Fig. 11. Fungusgnat adult (~30x). This adult is well lighted. In less light most appear pure black.

Fig. 12. fungus gnat larvae (~25x)(~2x). Note head capsule.

Fig. 13. nematode infected larva (D. Gouge)

Sciarids (fungus gnats)


Fig. 14.White grubs under turf	Fig.15.White grubs,l-r: alive, killed by HETEROMASK, killed by SCANMASK, +3 days

White grubs


Fig.16.Termites, USDA. Note broad waist	Fig.17. Termite infected by nematodes, G.O. Poinar


Fig.18.Thrips, M. Brownbridge, size ~1/16th inch	Fig.19 Wooly aphids visible on stem.. Nymphs underground damage rooots.

Pest List