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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 />

ORTHOPTERA<br />

Crickets<br />

Grasshoppers<br />

Katydids<br />

Locusts<br />

DERMAPTERA<br />

Earwigs<br />

BLATTODEA<br />

Cockroaches<br />

PHASMATODEA<br />

Leaf insects<br />

Phasmatids<br />

Stick insects<br />

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES<br />

Life cycle<br />

Damaging stages & method of feeding<br />

ADULT<br />

Body<br />

Wings<br />

Legs<br />

Thorax<br />

NYMPH<br />

LIFE CYCLE<br />

DAMAGING STAGES &<br />

METHOD OF FEEDING<br />

ADULT<br />

Body<br />

Wings<br />

Abdomen<br />

NYMPH<br />

LIFE CYCLE<br />

DAMAGING STAGES &<br />

METHOD OF FEEDING<br />

ADULT<br />

Body<br />

Wings<br />

Legs<br />

NYMPH<br />

LIFE CYCLE<br />

DAMAGING STAGES &<br />

METHOD OF FEEDING<br />

ADULT<br />

Body<br />

Wings<br />

Legs<br />

NYMPH<br />

LIFE CYCLE<br />

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

(not exhaustive)<br />

DIRECT FEEDING DAMAGE<br />

Leaves Eaten, eg<br />

Stems Eaten, eg<br />

Fruit,<br />

seed<br />

Eaten, eg<br />

Roots Eaten, eg<br />

INDIRECT DAMAGE<br />

BENEFICIAL ORTHOPTERA<br />

DIRECT FEEDING DAMAGE<br />

Flowers Eaten, eg<br />

Fruit Eaten, eg<br />

clusters<br />

Leaves Eaten, eg<br />

Seedlings Eaten, eg<br />

Roots Eaten, eg<br />

INDIRECT DAMAGE<br />

BENEFICIAL EARWIGS<br />

DIRECT FEEDING DAMAGE<br />

Leaves Nibbled, eg<br />

New roots, Nibbled, eg<br />

shoots<br />

INDIRECT DAMAGE<br />

Excreta <strong>and</strong> odour, eg<br />

Spread disease, eg<br />

Annoyance, allergies, etc, eg<br />

BENEFICIAL COCKROACHES<br />

DIRECT FEEDING DAMAGE<br />

Leaves Eaten, eg<br />

INDIRECT DAMAGE<br />

May bite if h<strong>and</strong>led<br />

BENEFICIAL<br />

DAMAGING STAGES &<br />

METHOD OF FEEDING<br />

Insects <strong>and</strong> allied pests - Review questions <strong>and</strong> activities 221

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