Managing Common Garden Pests in North Carolina from Toxic Free NC

Cabbage worm butterfly, also sometimes called a
Cabbage White.
Photo by Russ Ottens, University of Georgia.

Looking for non-synthetic chemical approaches to getting rid of voracious pests in the garden? Toxic Free NC, formerly the Agricultural Resource Center and Pesticide Education Project, has a website with handy links of organic tips to control: 

 

Aphids
Cabbage Loopers and Cabbage Worms

Colorado Potato Beetles

Cutworms

Harlequin Bugs and other Stink Bugs

Japanese Beetles and May or June Bugs

Kudzu Bugs

Slugs and Snails

Squash Bugs

Squash Vine Borers

Tomato Hornworms

http://toxicfreenc.org/organicgardening/index.html#.U0VUrvldU-u

These tips are endorsed by NCSU Entomology staff and often much easier on the pocketbook!