reddish-brown with dark spots. In later instars the head is mottled, and the body is marked with three prominent longitudinal dark bands with numerous…
green eyes suffused with reddish brown. The thorax is black suffused with greyish yellow and the abdomen mainly yellowish orange with 2 silvery…
dark, sometimes suffused with ochre or mixed with whitish scales. The lower one-third of the forewing is ochreous-white, with a nearly white upper…
Macadamia nut borer The eggs are laid singly on young fruit and are flat and oval with a pitted surface. Females can lay between 170 – 300 eggs in…
now a pest with a world-wide distribution. The green peach aphid ( Myzus persicae subsp. persicae ) is a particularly polyphagous aphid with summer…
grey-black flies with long antennae. They have relatively long legs, and the wings show very clear venation. The fly has a small head equipped with…
in these situations. Life cycle and appearance of Cottony cushion scale As with all scale insects, the females do not have wings and look similar to…
deform and discolour with the leaves turning bronze, mainly along the midrib. Even a mild infestation can cause enormous damage, and with heavier…
later pale pinkish white, with a brown head and a pale anal plate. The pupa is 8-10 mm long and yellowish brown to dark brown, with several…
the world with a temperate climate. It has a very similar appearance to the citrus mealybug (Planococcus citri) , but its body is covered with a…
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