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PLANT PROTECTION 1 – Pests, Diseases and Weeds

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<strong>PLANT</strong> <strong>PROTECTION</strong> 1 – <strong>Pests</strong>, <strong>Diseases</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Weeds</strong><br />

INSECT ORDER<br />

Common names of members<br />

HYMENOPTERA<br />

Ants<br />

Bees<br />

Wasps<br />

Sawflies<br />

NEUROPTERA<br />

Lacewings<br />

THYSANOPTERA<br />

Thrips<br />

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES<br />

Life cycle<br />

Damaging stages & method of feeding<br />

ADULT<br />

Wings<br />

Body<br />

Waist<br />

LARVA<br />

Names<br />

Legs<br />

Mouth<br />

LIFE CYCLE<br />

DAMAGING STAGES &<br />

METHOD OF FEEDING<br />

ADULT<br />

Body<br />

Head<br />

Wings<br />

Abdomen<br />

LARVA<br />

Names<br />

Legs<br />

Mouth<br />

LIFE CYCLE<br />

METHOD OF FEEDING<br />

ADULT<br />

Body<br />

Wings<br />

Mouth<br />

Legs<br />

NYMPH<br />

Names<br />

Legs<br />

Mouth<br />

LIFE CYCLE<br />

DAMAGING STAGES &<br />

METHOD OF FEEDING<br />

<strong>PLANT</strong> DAMAGE<br />

(not exhaustive)<br />

DIRECT FEEDING DAMAGE<br />

Leaves Eaten eg<br />

Leafmining eg<br />

Skeletonization eg<br />

Galls eg<br />

Stems Galls eg<br />

Trunks Borers eg<br />

Fruit General pest eg<br />

INDIRECT DAMAGE<br />

Unsightly eg<br />

May sting eg<br />

BENEFICIAL<br />

ANTS, BEES, WASPS<br />

BENEFICIAL<br />

DIRECT FEEDING DAMAGE<br />

Leaves Distortion eg<br />

Galls eg<br />

Leafrolling eg<br />

Silvering eg<br />

Flowers Dead areas eg<br />

Distortion eg<br />

Buds Distortion eg<br />

Fruit Prevent fruit set eg<br />

Corms Rotting eg<br />

INDIRECT DAMAGE<br />

1. Excreta eg<br />

2. Transmission of virus diseases eg<br />

BENEFICIAL THRIPS<br />

HEMIPTERA – BUGS<br />

Summary<br />

How can you<br />

distinguish a bug<br />

from a beetle?<br />

ADULT<br />

Wings<br />

Antennae<br />

Mouth<br />

1. Heteroptera (different wing) - true bugs, eg crusader bug.<br />

2. Hoppers (same wing), eg leaf hoppers, plant hoppers.<br />

3. Aphids, lerps, mealybugs, scales, whiteflies. Soft bodies<br />

<strong>and</strong> usually no wings, although some may have forewings<br />

only, adult whiteflies have 2 pairs.<br />

NYMPH<br />

LIFE CYCLE<br />

DAMAGING STAGES & METHOD OF FEEDING<br />

218 Insects <strong>and</strong> allied pests - Review questions <strong>and</strong> activities

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