The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word APHID , but the solution may also be MITE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Plant pest crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| APHID | 72 % | 5 |
| APHIS | 9 % | 5 |
| BORER | 9 % | 5 |
| MITE | 6 % | 4 |
| GYPSYMOTH | 1 % | 9 |
| THRIPS | 1 % | 6 |
| LEAFHOPPER | 1 % | 10 |
Why may MITE be the right solution?
Mites are tiny arachnids that are common plant pests, feeding on plant juices and causing damage to leaves and stems. Therefore, "MITE" is the correct answer for the clue "Plant pest."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Plant pest
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Crossword Answer definitions
APHID noun- Sapsucking pest insect of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result APHID
- Garden pest
- Lacewing's lunch
- Plant pest
- Creature often killed with a spray
- Gardener's pest
- Lousy creature
- It can ruin a plot
- Ladybug's prey
- Plant-eating insect
- Plant menace
More clues leading to the result APHIS
- Little sucker
- Garden pest
- Plant menace
- Plant louse
- Fruit pest genus
- Genus of garden pests
- Genus of sap suckers
- Crop pest
- Plant pest genus
- Pest in the garden
More clues leading to the result BORER
- Hole-making pest
- Shipworm or hagfish
- Drilling tool
- Bug found in trunks
- Hole maker
- Destructive insect
- Hole-making bug
- Drill
- Auger, e.g.
- Drilling bug
More clues leading to the result MITE
- Small insect
- Wee arthropod
- Bed bug
- Scabies transmitter
- Teeny bit
- Tiny pest
- Far-from humongous creature
- Bitty bug
- Parasitic arachnid
- Teeny arachnid
More clues leading to the result GYPSYMOTH
- Foliage-eating flier
- Foliage-eating pest
- Plant pest
- Insect whose larvae destroy foliage
- Leaf-eating insect scourge
- Its caterpillars feed on tree foliage