Blueberry

About Blueberries are flowering perennials with dark blue/purple coloured berries. The plant belongs to the section of Cyanococcus and the genus Vaccinium [...] berries are greenish pale at first, then turn reddish-purple and they are a dark blue/purple colour when ripe. The berries are protected by a layer of powdery

Cotton bollworm

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 [...] with a line of black spots, and the hindwings in both sexes are cream with a dark brown band around their outer margin.

Cottony soft rot

lesions, giving this disease its name cottony soft rot. In the mycelium, big, dark sclerotia are formed. They can easily be seen with the naked eye and look [...] cells. On the infected plant tissue white, fluffy mycelium occurs with new dark sclerotia. The fungus also infects seeds and tubers, thereby creating a source

Macadamia nut borer

larvae are cream to grey in colour with dark spots on the body and the head capsule is brown. The pupa is dark brown and (if pupation takes place in the

Sweet pepper

colours ranging from vanilla/white and yellow to orange, green and red and even dark purple and brown. The sweet pepper is a very rich source of vitamin C and

Thrips Identification Guide

Females 1.6 mm long, males 1.3 mm. Dark brown to black and armoured. End segments of legs yellow. Forewings dark, but sharply white near the base. 8 antennal [...] gerbera), pepper, cucumber and aubergine. Females ca. 1.3 mm long, dark brown. Males yellow. Dark forewings, but sharply white near the base. 7 antennal segments [...] pepper, cucumber, rose and gerbera. Females 1.0-1.2 mm long, dark brown to black. Dark forewings, but sharply white near the base. 8 antennal segments

Vine mealybug

metamorphosis, a winged male emerges from the pupa. The male is smaller (1 mm), dark orange in color with long tail filaments and transparent wings and has no [...] getting rid of the excess sugars in the form of honeydew. Characteristically, dark sooty moulds ( Cladosporium spp .) are often found growing on this honeydew

Tomato leafminer

cocoons. Pupae have a greenish coloration at first, and then turn chestnut and dark brown shortly before adult emergence. Adult moths of the tomato leaf miner [...] Tuta absoluta ) are grey-brown with filiform antennae, alternating light or dark segments and recurved labial palps, that are well developed. Black spots

Obscure mealybug

getting rid of the excess sugars in the form of honeydew. Characteristically, dark sooty moulds ( Cladosporium spp .) are often found growing on this honeydew [...] females is completely different. After the second instar, the males form a dark false pupa followed by a pupa in rapid succession. The actual pupa develops

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri

primary predatory stage. They are elongated and have a segmented body with a dark brown or black coloration. Larvae have prominent mandibles and actively hunt [...] surface. Adult stage: Adult Cryptolaemus montrouzieri are small beetles with a dark brown or black coloration and measure around 4 millimetres in length. Adults