Flatheaded root borer ( Capnodis tenebrionis ) Fly larvae ( Diptera ): Shore flies ( Scatella spp.); Crane flies/leatherjackets ( Tipula spp.) Bugs (…
surrounding tissue to die. The resulting silver-grey patches on leaves and the black dots of their excreta indicate their presence in the crop. The…
orange, light yellow or light green to dark green, red, brown, or almost black. Damage symptoms Larvae, nymphs and adults cause damage to the host…
surrounding tissue to die. The resulting silver-grey patches on leaves and the black dots of their excreta indicate their presence in the crop. At a…
in plants that are infected by other pathogens. The bacteria that causes black leg in potato is a different subspecies. Damage symptoms In tomato,…
which become transparent over time, and their bodies become a dark brown or black colour with white or yellow lines and a distinctive white stripe on…
secreted in the form of honeydew, making the crop and its fruit sticky. Black fungal moulds (such as Cladosporium spp. and Capnodium spp.) grow on…
species that are active during the day can be strikingly colourful while moth flying at night are usually inconspicuously brownish are greyish. Adult…
caterpillars are easily distinguished from other Spodoptera species by four black triangular dots on their body. Before pupation, caterpillars crawl…
they deposit their eggs. When shaking infested plants, adults will first fly, then return to the underside of the leaves. The adult greenhouse…
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