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Type of Pests (Insects, Non-insect Pests) Introduction A pest is an organism which is detrimental to humans or human interest. Living organisms are derided as pests as they cause damage to agriculture by feeding on crops or parasitizing livestock or acting as carrier of diseases of man and livestock. The term plant pest is any species or strain of plant, animal, or pathogenic agent injurious to plants or plant products. The most important pests in the order of importance are constituted by insects and non-insect pests like mites, nematodes and gastropods (snails and slugs). Although rodents,