adult shore fly is black, about 4 to 5 mm long, and stout with short antennae and short legs. The head of the adult has a pair of conspicuous eyes.…
honeybees Outdoor crops pollination Short flowering crops Plums, peaches, apricots and almond trees are some short flowering open field crops. The…
hed from other mealy bugs by their possession of 18 pairs of relatively short wax rods round the edge of the body, and two slightly longer ‘tail…
beetle 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…
beetle Cryptolaemus montrouzieri . With their voracious appetites, they make short work of this troublesome pest, with minimum effort. Cryptobug is…
pupae are approximately 2 cm long and a glossy brown colour, turning black shortly before the adult moth emerges. Damage symptoms Large caterpillars…
Cannabis aphids have long antennae (1.1–2.2 mm) and between these are two short knobs (antennal tubercles). Their cornicles (the pair of small,…
long. The adults are active, jumping/flying insects and can readily fly short distances when disturbed. The psyllid’s life cycle includes an egg stage
and yellow or cream-coloured. Cotton aphids have red eyes and relatively short antennae. Damage symptoms The cotton aphid ( Aphis gossypii ) is an…
Visual effect The presence of Diglyphus isaea in the crop is signalled by short mines that contain dead leaf miner larvae. Older larvae and pupae are…
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