1.4 Pests and Beneficial Insects (PowerPoint)
This is an instructional unit (Lesson Four: Pest and Beneficial Insects, part of a Nursery/Landscape Unit One on Identification) that teaches students to identify common landscape/garden pests and the beneficial insects that prey on them. It covers each pest’s overview, symptoms, and prevention/treatment (chemical and cultural), as well as beneficial insects such as lacewings, lady beetles, spiders, praying mantises, and paper wasps used in integrated pest management.
At a glance
- Unit
- Nursery/Landscape Unit One: Identification
- Lesson
- Lesson Four – Pest and Beneficial Insects
- Introduction Activity
- What is a Pest? Create a classroom definition for the term "Pest."
- Pests Covered
- Aphids, Bagworm, Borer, Leafhopper, Leaf Miner, Scale, Spider Mite, Snail/Slug, Whitefly, White Grub
- Beneficial Insects Covered
- Praying Mantis, Lady Beetle, Paper Wasp, Lacewing, Spider