tissue turns the colour to silvery to brown or black. The infested leaves start curling and crumbling, ultimately shed whereas buds becomes brittle…
The caterpillar enters the leaf tissue after hatching from the egg and starts mining between the two layers. The larvae excrete their faeces into the
June in groups in the soil. They hatch about one month later and the larvae start to feed on roots. The larvae (‘wireworms’) are long, thin,…
orange in colour. First instar nymphs also called as crawlers are mobile, start sucking the plant sap and form colonies and are orange in colour.…
spider mite attacks the upper surface of the mature leaves. Infestation starts all along the veins and midrib and gradually spreads to entire leaf.…
. Larvae overwinter in the soil, usually in the third instar stage. and start feeding again in spring. They become active again and feed voraciously…
Drosophila suzukii Spotted Wing Drosophila General Since the start of its invasion in 2008/2009, the spotted wing drosophila, which is originally from
asexual, the young aphids are born as developed nymphs. They immediately start to feed on plant sap and grow rapidly. Aphids moult four times before…
asexual, the young aphids are born as developed nymphs. They immediately start to feed on plant sap and grow rapidly. When reproduction is sexual, the…
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