Eggplant Pest Identification - University of Connecticut...Eggplant Pest Identification Asiatic garden beetle: Small brown June bug, only feeds at night, hides in soil during day/eats

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


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Fusarium: “bleached” white or yellow tissue

along leaf veins, stunted plants




Pythium: girdles and kills young seedlings,

fuzzy white growth on fruit



Anthracnose: dark, water-soaked fruit lesions

Photo by R. Wick, UMass


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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Flea beetles: Small black beetles that hop like

fleas/pit leaves, holes get larger as leaves grow




(Black) cutworm: dark caterpillar, takes “bites” out

of leaves, cuts seedling stems

Photo by R. Durgy, CAES


Two-spotted spider mite: tiny, adults with two spots,

produce webbing/stipple or speckle leaves, reduce yields

Photo by D. Ferro, UMass



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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Aphids: pear-shaped, green with black “tail-pipes”/

brown and round if parasitized



Margined blister beetle: long and black with grey

margins/eat leaves, defoliate plants




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



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


Brown marmorated stink bug: White bands on

antennae, with white and black alternating pattern

along abdomen. Dark spots in fruit and flesh.



Spined soldier bug: a “good bug”, eats CPB larvae



Hail injury: similar to CPB, blister or garden beetles


Eggplant Pest Identification - University of Connecticut...Eggplant Pest Identification Asiatic garden beetle: Small brown June bug, only feeds at night, hides in soil during day/eats

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