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…
Adult Scatella shore flies are 4–5mm long with large eyes, thick bodies and short antennae, and their wings can have greyish brown patches. While…
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…
pale, apart from the ends of the antennae and the tarsi. The siphunculi are short an swollen towards the apex. The shallot aphid does not alternate to…
long and bright pale green to yellowish green. The antenna are relatively short and barely exceed half the body length. The aphids overwinter as eggs…
dense web. Adult flies are long and slender and have a dark brown head with short antennae. The thorax is brownish-yellow and the abdomen brown with…
with black bands across the back. The two cornicles (or siphunculi) are short and usually darker than the body. The legs are light yellow with darker…
pupae are approximately 2 cm long and a glossy brown colour, turning black shortly before the adult moth emerges. Damage symptoms Large caterpillars…
greenhouse temperature of 25°C/77°F. Handling Biological beneficials have a very short life expectancy and therefore need to be introduced into the…
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