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How to Identify and Control 13 Common Pepper Pests
29.06.2023 - 16:28 / gardenerspath.com / Kristine Lofgren
How to Identify and Control 13 Common Pepper PestsI find peppers to be polarizing. Some people love them (me) and others (my mom) don’t even want to have them in their house.
I wish pests felt the same way that my mom does, but they definitely fall on my end of the pepper-loving spectrum.
There are many types of pests that infest pepper plants, and it’s a rare year that I don’t deal with at least one of them.
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I rarely encounter pepper diseases, but I swear those insects just sit in their little bug apartments with binoculars trained on my garden.
The second my seedlings go in the ground, they rally the troops and come attacking.
I guess if we want to find a bright side, it means that I’ve become extremely good at spotting them and getting rid of them.
Though they attack my crops often, pests rarely cause serious problems because I’ve become so good at sending them packing.
In this guide, we’re going to talk about the 13 common pepper pests and help you become a bug assassin like me. Here are the pests we’ll discuss:
13 Common Pepper PestsExcessive pests are often a sign that the balance is off in your garden. But even the healthiest garden will see pest problems from time to time.
Identifying the species is the first step in addressing an infestation, so let’s jump in.
1. AphidsThe list of plants that aren’t impacted by aphids is pretty short. Peppers are usually attacked by green peach aphids (Myzus persicae), one of the most common species to be found in veggie gardens.
These eight-legged insects can be green, orange, or yellow.
Some have wings and others are wingless. If you see clusters of tiny, two-millimeter-long
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