quantities of eggs, between one and three, in the hairs of green ears of corn. The larvae feed on the hairs of the young corn and on the young kernels…
“vine”, this plant is technically a bine. Bines have stout stems with stiff hairs to aid them in climbing. They are a vigorous grower with the ability…
cuticle hardens. The growth of hairs on the insect depends on the leaf: the longer the hairs on the leaf, the longer the hairs on the insect. In other…
is 25 to 30 mm long, with a dark head, black pronotum covered with short hairs, and reddish brown elytra with four longitudinal ribs each. The abdomen…
infected directly, through wounds, hydathodes (the end of leaf veins) or the hair bases. Stems are infected through wounds and by the infected leaves…
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…
the flies. Direct damage is the immediate result of larvae feeding on root hairs and tender roots as well as stem and leaf tissue and fruits. The…
longitudinal stripes dorsally. The body is sparsely covered with a few stiff hairs. In older caterpillars , each segment has a clear black dot above…
lower parts of the plant. The female covers the eggs with brownish-yellow hairs from her abdomen to make them less conspicuous and to protect them…
brittle. Badly affected tomato leaves and stems lose their trichomes (leaf hairs). Affected stems turn a rusty brown colour, and in serious cases they…
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