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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 />

CLASS ARACHNIDA<br />

Spiders<br />

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES<br />

Life cycle<br />

Damaging stages & method of feeding<br />

ADULT<br />

Body<br />

Wings<br />

Legs<br />

Mouth<br />

NYMPH<br />

LIFE CYCLE<br />

DAMAGING STAGES &<br />

METHOD OF FEEDING<br />

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

(not exhaustive)<br />

DIRECT FEEDING DAMAGE<br />

Rarely eats plants<br />

INDIRECT DAMAGE<br />

Quarantine problem, eg<br />

Some have venomous bites, eg<br />

Web foliage together, eg<br />

Annoy fruit pickers, eg<br />

BENEFICIAL SPIDERS<br />

CLASS MALACOSTRATA<br />

Slaters<br />

CLASS DIPLOPODA<br />

Millipedes<br />

ADULT<br />

Body<br />

Wings<br />

Legs<br />

Mouth<br />

Antennae<br />

NYMPH<br />

LIFE CYCLE<br />

DAMAGING STAGES &<br />

METHOD OF FEEDING<br />

ADULT<br />

Body<br />

Wings<br />

Legs<br />

Antennae<br />

Odour<br />

NYMPH<br />

LIFE CYCLE<br />

DIRECT FEEDING DAMAGE<br />

Seedlings, Nibbled, eg<br />

stems,<br />

tender foliage,<br />

fruit<br />

INDIRECT DAMAGE<br />

BENEFICIAL SLATERS<br />

DIRECT FEEDING DAMAGE<br />

Soft roots, Chewed, eg<br />

leaves,<br />

fruit<br />

INDIRECT DAMAGE<br />

BENEFICIAL MILLIPEDES<br />

DAMAGING STAGES &<br />

METHOD OF FEEDING<br />

CLASS CHILOPODA<br />

Centipedes<br />

ADULT<br />

Body<br />

Legs<br />

Antennae<br />

Wings<br />

NYMPH<br />

LIFE CYCLE<br />

INDIRECT DAMAGE<br />

Fast moving <strong>and</strong> aggressive, can<br />

be frightening, eg<br />

DAMAGING STAGES &<br />

METHOD OF FEEDING<br />

BENEFICIAL CENTIPEDES<br />

Almost exclusively predatory, eg<br />

Insects <strong>and</strong> allied pests - Review questions <strong>and</strong> activities 223

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