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Facts & Information on Sunflower Pests

YOUR GUIDE FOR SUNFLOWER INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT

From perennial to occasional pests, we guide you through best practices to manage against your crop's insect pests.

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Links to other relevant KSRE publications:

  • Sunflower Moth
  • Dectes Stem Borer
  • Identifying Caterpillars in Sunflowers
  • High Plains Sunflower Production Handbook

Other Common Insect Pests

  • Cutworms
  • Grasshoppers
  • Loopers
  • Painted Lady Caterpillar
  • Seed Weevils
    • Gray Seed Weevil
    • Red Seed Weevil
  • Silvery Checkerspot Caterpillar
  • Stem Borers – Beetle Larvae
    • Ataxia hubbardi
    • Dectes Stem Borer
  • Stem and Root Weevils
    • Black Stem Weevil
    • Sunflower Root Weevil
    • Sunflower Stem Weevil
  • Sunflower Beetle
  • Sunflower Headclipping Weevil
  • Sunflower Moth (Head Moth)
  • Sunflower Bud Moth
  • Sunflower Root Moth
  • Tumbling Flower Beetle
  • Wireworms and False Wireworms
  • Woollybear Caterpillars

 

Department of Entomology

123 W. Waters Hall

1603 Old Claflin Place, Manhattan, KS 66506-4004

785-532-6154 | 785-532-6232 fax | entomology@k-state.edu

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