Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Esoteric Invaders of Botanical Havens
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
- 1. Corn rootworm genus infamous for subterranean root damage
- 2. Microscopic worms inducing root knot or cyst diseases
- 3. Thrips genus noted for complex life cycles and cryptic infestation
- 4. Hemipteran order with beaklike mouthparts piercing plant tissue
- 5. Sucking menace that devastated European vineyards in 19th century
- 6. Family of sap-sucking insects disrupting vascular systems
- 8. Minute insects whose cryptic feeding scars parallel abstract art
- 12. Fly family whose larvae mine intricate patterns in leaf tissue
- 15. Species name linked with white fungus gnats infesting moist soil
Down
- 7. Describing pests feeding on leaves, often causing skeletonization
- 9. Leaf-rolling moth larvae known for cryptic garden damage
- 10. Suborder of tiny arachnids often infesting plant roots
- 11. Moth family including notorious stem borers and leaf miners
- 13. Mythical name for voracious caterpillar family including hornworms
- 14. Genus name hinting at serrated-edge leaf feeders among bugs
- 16. Jumping plant lice causing sooty molds via honeydew secretion
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