Pests and Pest Management

Use this forum to help with identification issues and treatment for a variety of common afflictions pertinent to our favorite horticultural charges.
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This section is dedicated toward maintaining one active thread for each plant pest and disease. Please feel free to add information and/or photos to existing threads or start your own pest thread by adding the common name of the pest or malady as the thread subject. Note that listings are displayed alphabetically. Enjoy!
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Pests and Pest Management

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Attached is a copy of Identification of Insects and Related Pests of Horticultural Plants, a wonderful and well-illustrated publication you may find useful.
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Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".

"Some talk the talk, others walk the walk, but I stalk the stalk"
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Another file for download, Problems and Pests of Agave, Aloe, Cactus and Yucca from the U of Arizona.
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Agave
"American aloe plant," 1797, from Greek Agaue, proper name in mythology (mother of Pentheus), from agauos "noble," perhaps from agasthai "wonder at".

"Some talk the talk, others walk the walk, but I stalk the stalk"
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