Strawberries are grown on 1600 acres in North Carolina, and our crop is third in value nationally, behind only California and Florida. Several insect and mites feed on strawberries and cause damage to different parts of the plants at different times of the year.
Crickets - Feed on leaves
Aphids - Feed on leaves
Flower thrips - Feed on flowers and young fruit
NC Strawberry Diagnostic Key
Strawberry IPM Guide - Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium
Post transplant pests
Crickets - Feed on leaves
Cutworms - Feed on leaves and stems
Cyclamen mites - Feed in crown
Twospotted spider mites - Feed on leavesPre harvest pests
Aphids - Feed on leaves
Red imported fire ants - Nuisance pests in fields
Strawberry clipper - Feed on buds and flowers
Twospotted spider mites - Feed on leavesHarvest period pests
Flower thrips - Feed on flowers and young fruit
Sap beetles - Feed on overripe fruit
Slugs and snails - Feed on leaves and fruit
Spittlebugs - Feed on leaves and stems
Spotted wing drosophila - Feed on fruit
Sugarcane beetles - Feed on roots and fruit
Tarnished plant bugs - Feed on fruit
Whiteflies - Feed on leavesResources
NC Strawberry Diagnostic Key
Strawberry IPM Guide - Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium
The Southern Region Small Fruit ConsortiumStrawberry Integrated Pest Management Guide is a regional resource for the southeastern US and is updated annually.
Insect and Disease Control of Fruits - NC Agricultural Chemicals Manual
The North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual is a North Carolina specific resource for management tools.
