Kapok Mealybugs
Overview Kapok Mealybugs are soft-bodied sap feeders that infest kapok trees and related host plants, often gathering in protected crevices along stems, leaf joints, and tender growth. Like…
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Kermes Oak Gall Wasps
Overview Kermes Oak Gall Wasps are tiny insects that manipulate oak tissues into producing galls, which are abnormal growths that serve as both shelter and food source for…
Kauri Dieback Pathogen
Overview Kauri dieback pathogen is a soilborne disease organism that attacks kauri trees by infecting their root systems and lower trunk tissues. Although it is not an insect,…
Kauri Snails
Overview Kauri snails are large land snails known more for their ecological role than for conventional crop damage, but in the right context they can become nuisance or…
Kernel Borers
Overview Kernel borers are destructive stored-product pests that feed inside seeds, grains, and kernels. Their biggest advantage as pests is concealment. Instead of feeding openly on the outside…
Knapweed Leafminers
Overview Knapweed leafminers are small but highly specialized pests whose larvae feed between the upper and lower surfaces of leaves. This creates visible tunnels or blotches known as…
Knapweed Crown Borers
!– wp:heading –> Overview Knapweed crown borers are hidden plant pests that attack one of the most important structural areas of a host plant: the crown. The crown…
Knapweed Gall Midges
Overview Knapweed gall midges are tiny flies whose larvae induce the formation of galls—abnormal growths—on knapweed plants. These galls serve as both food and shelter for developing larvae,…
Knapweed Rosette Weevils
Overview Knapweed rosette weevils are pests that focus on a particularly important stage in plant development: the rosette phase. A rosette is the low, circular arrangement of leaves…
Knapweed Stem Borers
Overview Knapweed stem borers are insects whose larvae tunnel inside plant stems, causing structural damage and disrupting nutrient flow. These pests are most commonly associated with invasive knapweed…