Eggplant Pest Identification - University of Connecticut...Eggplant Pest Identification Asiatic...
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Eggplant Pest Identification revised 2016
Photo by J. Boucher, UConn
Indicates very common pests
Eggplant Pest Identification
Verticillium wilt: water-soaked, yellow and
brown areas on leaves, leaves droop, wilt,
drop/internal browning of lower stem
Photo by R. Wick, UMass
Photo by J. Boucher, UConn
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Eggplant Pest Identification
Fusarium: “bleached” white or yellow tissue
along leaf veins, stunted plants
Photo by J. Boucher, UConn
Photo by J. Boucher, UConn
Eggplant Pest Identification
Pythium: girdles and kills young seedlings,
fuzzy white growth on fruit
Photo by J. Boucher, UConn
Eggplant Pest Identification
Anthracnose: dark, water-soaked fruit lesions
Photo by R. Wick, UMass
Eggplant Pest Identification
Colorado Potato Beetle: Adult yellow with black stripes/ larva pink with black spots, slug-like/eat leaves, defoliate plants/chews on and scars fruit
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Photo by J. Boucher, UConn
Eggplant Pest Identification
Flea beetles: Small black beetles that hop like
fleas/pit leaves, holes get larger as leaves grow
Photo by J. Boucher, UConn
Photo by J. Boucher, UConn
Eggplant Pest Identification
(Black) cutworm: dark caterpillar, takes “bites” out
of leaves, cuts seedling stems
Photo by R. Durgy, CAES
Eggplant Pest Identification
Two-spotted spider mite: tiny, adults with two spots,
produce webbing/stipple or speckle leaves, reduce yields
Photo by D. Ferro, UMass
Photo by J. Boucher, UConn
Eggplant Pest Identification
Potato leaf hopper: adults light green, wedge-shaped/
nymphs bright yellow-green, walk sideways. Hopperburn: tip
& edges of leaves yellow and curl up
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Eggplant Pest Identification
Aphids: pear-shaped, green with black “tail-pipes”/
brown and round if parasitized
Photo by J. Boucher, UConn
Eggplant Pest Identification
Margined blister beetle: long and black with grey
margins/eat leaves, defoliate plants
Photo by J. Boucher, UConn
Photo by J. Boucher, UConn
Eggplant Pest Identification
Asiatic garden beetle: Small brown June bug, only
feeds at night, hides in soil during day/eats
leaves, defoliates plants/white larvae eat roots
Photo by A. Eaton, UNH
Photo by D. Gilein, Cornell University
Photo by J. Boucher, UConn
Eggplant Pest Identification
Pepper maggot: fly with yellow stripes and
banded wings/ sting to lay egg in fruit/ maggots
make brown “tracks” through fruit flesh
Photo by J. Boucher, UConn Photo by J. Boucher, UConn
Eggplant Pest Identification
Brown marmorated stink bug: White bands on
antennae, with white and black alternating pattern
along abdomen. Dark spots in fruit and flesh.
Photo by J. Boucher, UConn
Eggplant Pest Identification
Spined soldier bug: a “good bug”, eats CPB larvae
Photo by J. Boucher, UConn
Eggplant Pest Identification
Hail injury: similar to CPB, blister or garden beetles
Photo by J. Boucher, UConn