40 to 50 eggs in their life cycle. The blood red colour eggs are laid all along the veins and mid-rib on upper surface of the leaves. Freshly hatched…
literally means ‘fringed wings’, and refers to the eyelash-like fringe of hairs along both edges of the thin wings. There are more than 6,000 known…
leaves themselves can shrivel. Onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) is found mostly along the main leaf veins, with most damage evident where these veins…
are 1.7 - 3.6 mm long, elongated, with a dark longitudinal stripe running along the dorsal surface. In green individuals, this stripe is dark green,…
period of 2 to 3 months. After leaving the egg sac, the crawlers settle along the midribs and veins of the leaves. The next two instars migrate to the
of the males. The back is marked with a broad cream or light brown band along the back, which is sometimes constricted to form one or more…
of the tobacco whitefly ( Bemisia tabaci ) are held vertical and parallel along the body. Damage symptoms The larvae of whitefly need a lot of protein…
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