Aphids moult four times before reaching adulthood. With each moult they shed white skin, betraying their presence in the crop. The cotton aphid can be distinguished
Aphids moult four times before reaching adulthood. With each moult they shed white skin, betraying their presence in the crop. The wingless tobacco aphids (
with wet sticky glue. Available colours and sizes Colours : yellow, blue, white, red, black and transparent Standard sizes: 5, 15 and 30 cm x 100 m 15 cm
miner ( Tuta absoluta ) are cylindrical. Their colour varies from creamy white to bright yellow, darkening in the embryonic phase and becoming almost black
long as they are wide. Both ends are equally rounded. The larvae are opaque white and have only three pairs of legs. They develop into the resting stage (pharate
the stem, brown discolouration occurs. Infected glumes and kernels become white, due to dehydration, and later turn pinkish-red as spores are formed. Ear
control the main pests that affect the papaya crop, such as European red mite, white mite, whitefly , aphids and leafhoppers through the release and establishment
m spp.) are often found growing on this honeydew, which, as well as the white, waxy secretion of the mealybugs, reduces the ornamental value of the affected
female is about 1.5-2 mm in length and brown, with distinctive black and white banded antennae. The male is 0.8 mm in length and black in colour. Anagyrus
control in its raspberry production when it successfully controlled the white mite, a pest that had been a major problem for several berry growers in the