Vegetable Insects

Piercing and sucking creates superficial spots (white on young fruit or yellow on mature fruit) known as "cloudy spot" on tomato and other fruits.

Reasons why the leaves of vegetable seedlings curl

Plants infested with wireworms may wilt or turn yellow and die. A single larva can damage several plants.

These tiny whiteflies are most commonly found on beans, cucumber, eggplant, lettuce, okra, potato, tomato, squash, and sweet potato.

Small worms, usually found inside tomatoes, may be tomato pinworms.

Hornworms are large green caterpillars, often found feeding on tomato leaves.

Dead, wilting squash plants

This copper colored beetle resembles the Mexican bean beetle but is larger and has 14 spots as compared to 16 spots. It feeds on the tissue between leaf veins. Squash, cucumber, pumpkin, and squash may all serve as host plants.