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10 Pests That Damage Your Garden
From UK Based, Local London Pest Experts
None of us are fans of insects, especially ones that can destroy our hard work in the garden. There are a
few pests that you can watch out for, to prevent these unwelcome visitors from doing irreparable
damage. Here’s our list of 10 pests that can damage your garden.
1. Aphids
• One of the most common garden pests. They suck the plant sap, causing the plant to distort and die.
Their feeding also spreads diseases which kills your plants.
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2. Maggots
• If you grow fruit and veg, maggots can become a problem. Maggots can wipe out an entire vegetable
garden without you knowing until you cut into your produce.
3. Cutworms
• Mostly active at night, these pests destroy vegetables and flowers at the earliest stage of life. They
chew through the stems at ground level, and kill the plant.
4. Slugs
• The top pests in the UK. Widespread and persistent, they cause real damage to your garden. Holes in
leaves and flowers is the most common sign of slugs.
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5. Caterpillars
• These pests chew on leaves and sometimes tunnel into fruit too. Spotting holes on your leaves
probably means you have a caterpillar problem that needs to be handled.
6. Snails
• This pest destroys new plants and seedlings and are a threat all year round, the same as slugs. There
are natural ways to banish snails from your garden.
7. Moths
• From April to September, moths can cause a lot of damage to your garden. They feed from inside the
leaves, killing the plant from the inside out quickly.
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8. Beetles
• Foliage are particularly at risk from beetle damage. They normally do most of their damage from April
to June, but are easily spotted on your plants and produce.
9. Ants
• Ants are prevalent in most UK gardens. They can be a nuisance to gardeners because of the damage
they do to lawns and flowers as they move soil.
10. Weevils
• A bane to plant growers everywhere. A weevil feeds on the roots of a plant, causing it to die. They also
can infest many plants at once too.
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