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…
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…
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…
signals a shortening day. Damage symptoms The cannabis aphid is a sap sucker, like all aphids , and affected plants are damaged by the loss of this…
and stems, continuously secreting copious amounts of honeydew and a thread-like waxy substance so black sooty mold develops on the honeydew. Their…
feeds on roots of grasses and clover. The adults feed on the leaves of trees like oak, hazelnut and birch and on the flowers and developing fruits of,…
soft parts of stalks. They are inserted into the plant tissue with a saw-like ovipositor. Larvae are nearly transparent white or yellowish to…
living on plants can cause considerable damage to their host. Tarsonemids like the cyclamen mite ( Phytonemus pallidus ) can occur both on vegetable…
Life cycle and appearance of House fly Damage symptoms While the house fly, like other saprophagous, coprophagous or necrophagous flies , does not…
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