A plant you worked hard to grow dies in the vegetable garden, seemingly or no reason. When you go to dig it up, you find dozens, maybe hundreds of squirming grayish or yellowish white worms. You have

What are Cabbage Root Maggots? Cabbage Root Maggots affect cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts. (This group of vegetables is also known as ‘cole crops’.) Different types of roo

Probably the worst pest in an Alaskan garden is the turnip maggot, more commonly called the root maggot. The larvae feed on the roots of cabbage, radishes, turnips, rutabaga, cauliflower and broccoli.

As many gardeners can attest, root maggots are a pernicious destroyer of garden crops. Root maggots are the larvae of numerous species of dark gray flies (family - Anthomyiidae) that look like the

Description: Many species of the root maggot exist in home gardens throughout North America. Particularly destructive to early season plantings, they feed underground on succulent roots and attack a l

Root maggots are abundantly seen in North America. They feed on succulent roots underground and attack several varieties of crops including radish, cabbage, turnip and onions. The plants that become a