• European red mite

  brick red, and oval shaped with white hairs on their back and white spots (tubercles) at the base of the hairs; males are about 0.3 mm long, yellowish

• Tetrapar

  elongated antennae with long, sparse hairs. Famales are 0.5-2.0mm long, with club-shaped antennae with numerous short hairs. Visual effect Parasitized nymphs

• Corn earworm

  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 at the

• Whitefly

  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 words [...] larva can sometimes become deformed if the growth is obstructed by the stiff hairs. As soon as the red eyes of the adult whitefly are visible in the fourth [...] cannot be used in tomato as they get stuck in the sticky stuff the glandular hairs of the tomato produce. Predatory bugs In tomato the predatory bug Macrolophus

• Hop

  “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 to extend

• Thrips

  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 species [...] distinctive elongated shape, with long, narrow wings that are fringed with fine hairs. Color: Thrips can be a variety of colors, depending on the species. Most [...] particular species of thrips be identified based on form, colour and pattern of hairs. How to prevent thrips Preventing a thrips infestation in your greenhouse

• European corn borer

  purplish brown to brownish and dark spots with a pale centre at the base of the hairs. The head is brown to brownish black. The pupae are up to 2 cm long and light

• Tomato russet mite

  brittle. Badly affected tomato leaves and stems lose their trichomes (leaf hairs). Affected stems turn a rusty brown colour, and in serious cases they may

• Cutworms

  wingspan is about 40-55 mm and the dorsal thorax is covered with close-lying hairs. The eggs are white at first but rapidly turn darker. They are laid separately

• Flies

  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 lesions