material that they produce as they feed. The frass looks like small black or white specks on the surface of leaves or flowers and can sometimes be mistaken [...] instar, and finally the adult insect. The eggs are kidney-shaped and have a white or yellow shell. Before a female deposits an egg, she makes an opening in
air movement, the range in a semi-closed greenhouse is 70-85%. Download white paper
begin to appear a few weeks after feeding injuries are incurred: Buds turn white, fail to develop and drop off; Leaves developing from damaged buds are ragged
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 main pests that affect the papaya crop, such as European red mite , white mite, whitefly , aphids and leafhoppers through the release and establishment
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
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
An egg has an elongated shape, measuring 0.3 x 0.1 mm, and is transparent white in colour. It lies alongside the paralyzed leaf miner larva and is often
leaves on leaf hairs or in the axils of main and side veins. They are oval, white and have a diameter of approximately 0.14 mm. The larvae have six legs, are
Otiorhynchus spp.; South American fruit tree weevil ( Naupactus xanthographus ) White grubs ( Scarabaeidae ) mainly from the following species (not exhaustive):