next 2 to 3 weeks, the larvae pass through 5-6 stages and the pupal stage takes 9-13 days Damage symptoms The developing larvae eat different parts of…
is not true) and adult. The larvae are found on the underside of young leaves and have an oval shape. The first instar larvae (crawlers) are mobile,…
(but outside the leaf miner), using the dead larvae as food. Adult females also kill young leaf miner larvae by using them as a food source. This is…
of corn. The larvae feed on the hairs of the young corn and on the young kernels at the tip of the cob. During the third instar, the larvae turn…
cool dry conditions, larvae may undergo diapause in small cocoon in partially opened bolls, stored seed or in the soil. Diapausing larvae emerge when…
the tropics and sub-tropics of all continents except for North America. Larvae of the cotton bollworm ( Helicoverpa armigera ) are highly polyphagous,…
shiny and oblong. Larvae are creamy white, legless, pyriform with a brown head and body comprised of 13 segments. Fully grown larvae migrate to the…
black cutworm Agrotis ipsilon and the turnip moth Agrotis segetum . The larvae of these moths usually feed on roots and plant parts close to the…
larval insects like grubs and weevils ( Coleoptera larvae), caterpillars (Lepidoptera), fly larvae ( Diptera ), Thrips (Thysanoptera) and many other s…
Life cycle and appearance The life cycle of spider mites includes eggs, larva, protonymph, deutonymph and adult with quiescent stages in between two…
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