and shape: Aphids are small, soft-bodied insects that are usually less than 6 mm in length. They have a pear-shaped body with long antennae and two…
increase in size by absorbing water. The larvae (grubs) have a whitish curved body, large head, with strong mandibles and long, hairy, well developed…
brown with whitish longitudinal stripes and blackish markings on the head and body. Pear psyllas overwinter as adults, sheltering on the bark of pear…
translucent white. Second instar larvae are brownish, less translucent and their body is cylindrical. The larvae are found in the top layer of damp…
cycle and appearance of Goat moth The wingspan of the adults is 70-100 mm; body and wings are dull greyish brown, partly suffused with grey and marked…
by the adults, which is covering their body and wings. Some species have dark markings on their wings or bodies. Movement: Whiteflies are weak fliers…
yellowish green. The antenna are relatively short and barely exceed half the body length. The aphids overwinter as eggs on buckthorn. After emerging…
the name gummy stem blight. On the lesions, black specks, the new fruiting bodies with spores, become visible. On the leaves, round and extending…
the centre of the lesions, light-coloured translucent pycnidia (fruiting bodies) with new spores occur. The lesions may merge, turning the whole leaf…
become yellow-brown to black and ultimately die. Black lesions with fruiting bodies occur more commonly at temperatures of approximately 20 °C whereas…
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