These cards are designed to help home gardeners learn to identify the bad guys-common vegetable and flower garden pests. The photos and information on each card provide sight identification of the organism or group of organisms considered, and the type of damage it causes. Proper identification of garden pests is necessary to choose the correct management methods. Nonchemical management recommendations are provided. For proper chemical controls and timing, check with your local Extension office.

Photos by P. L. Nixon, Layout by C. P. Nixon

This project is a collaboration between the Illinois Natural History Survey of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences of the University of Illinois.
Printing of this card set was made possible by a grant from Extension­Integrated Pest Management Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.