What pests attack nasturtium?

Black Bean Aphid (Blackfly), Cabbage white caterpillars, Flea beetles, Leaf Miner, Whitefly

Nasturtium pests and diseases: how to recognise them

Tropaeolum majus

The pests, diseases and disorders recorded for nasturtium in our library, each with a photo and its first symptom. Every page has the full list of symptoms, organic and chemical treatment and prevention.

At a glance

Problems in total	5
Pests	5

How to grow nasturtium · All pests and diseases

Pests

Black Bean Aphid (Blackfly)Ants running over the colonies, sticky honeydew on the leaves, often with black sooty mould, and whitish cast skins.Also called: blackfly, bean aphidPhoto: Sascha Kohlmann from Berlin, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cabbage white caterpillarsLarge white — yellow-and-black caterpillars with obvious hairs, feeding in groups mostly on the outer leaves; clusters of yellow, skittle-shaped eggs.Also called: large white, cabbage butterflyPhoto: Schlaghecken Josef, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Flea beetlesTiny beetles, 2–3 mm, black or metallic green or blue, some with a yellow stripe, that jump away when the plant is disturbed.Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leaf MinerWinding white or brown tunnels (mines) inside the leaf, or on beet, chard, spinach and celery large pale blotches that soon turn brown and papery.Photo: Flowersabc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
WhiteflyFlat, oval, creamy-white scale-like nymphs on the undersides of leaves; black nymphs have been killed by a parasitic wasp.Photo: gaucho, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Plants with many of the same problems

Which plants each problem affects: sources

The links between these problems and the plant were checked against these pages.