Home Garden
General Information
Listing of county offices; all will provide pest ID services, gardening tips/handouts, and expert advice.
Diagnose your plant pest problems online with photos and management principles based on IPM, from University of Maryland.
Great handbook on how to control insects, mites, plant diseases, nematodes, and weeds of fruit and nut trees and vegetables using IPM, from Univ.California IPM program.
Basic information sheets for people wanting to manage pests in a least-toxic way within the home environment. Developed by PA Dept. of Ag intern Amanda Lee.
Contains fact sheets & frequently asked questions on gardening.
Insects
6-page publication with descriptions and color photographs of common vegetable pests in Pennsylvania.
Solutions for some specific pests such as aphids, japanese beetles, and grubs.
A collection of insect pest sheets for the home garden with photographs and control recommendations. Download the entire file (1.2 MB PDF- this is a large file!) or the individual pest sheets listed below as PDF files. Produced by PA IPM.
