white marks on the forewing that sometimes overlap each other. The hindwings are brown. The body is brown and hairy and, when at rest, the hairy…
prepupa, pupa, and finally the adult insect. The eggs of the onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) are laid in leaves, flower petals and in the soft parts of…
darkens with age. The antennae are bent backward over the head in the pupal stage. The prepupal and pupal stages do not feed. Damage symptoms The…
spots. The colour of the scale darkens as the female ages. The size, shape and characteristics of the female also vary with different host plants. The…
feature is the irregular white mark. The hindwings are brown with a broad, dark band along the margin. The body is light brown and hairy, the antennae…
Garden chafer The life cycle of the garden chafer ( Phyllopertha horticola ) has the following stages: egg, 3 larval instars, a pupal instar and the…
diameter and circular or oval. The cast skins of the nymph form a light yellow spot near the centre of the scale called the exuvium. Adult females can…
on the abdomen and several transverse black bands across the body. The antennae are 0.7-1.0 times the body length, reaching to the siphunculi. The…
distance over the plant. The male nymph attaches itself to the plant, whereas the females remain mobile throughout their entire development. After the…
along the posterior edge of the forewing. As in most noctuid moths, the hindwing is greyish and lighter than the forewing, with a darker shadow at the…
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