enter the leaf tissues of tender leaves and feeding on them produces snake-like mine. This causes the leaves to curl and twist. Severe infestation…
laid in all tender parts of the plant. The freshly hatched nymphs are look like spidery in general appearance due to its elongate appendages. The life…
first quiescent stage. The protonymph has four pairs of legs. Deutonymphs are like protonymphs but they are larger. Males are short lived where as…
living on plants can cause considerable damage to their host. Tarsonemids like the broad mite ( Polyphagotarsonemus latus ) can occur both on…
, a name that literally means ‘fringed wings’, and refers to the eyelash-like fringe of hairs along both edges of the thin wings. There are more than…
soft parts of stalks. They are inserted into the plant tissue with a saw-like ovipositor. Larvae are light to yellowish green in colour, with a large…
brown and covered by masses of white, mealy wax. The siphunculi are pore-like and the cauda is small. Eriosoma lanigerum overwinters as “naked” nymphs
wing, where their common name is derived from. Females have a strong saw-like ovipositor that is used to penetrate the skin of the host fruit and for…
larvae are 30 to 40 mm long. The first instars are the most mobile, and move like loopers. The caterpillars are often aggressive and cannibalistic.…
creating a characteristic windowing effect. This damage and moist sawdust-like frass near the funnel and upper leaves can be an easily spotted sign of…
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