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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 />

Table 1. Examples of different types of larvae.<br />

INSECT ORDERS<br />

LARVAE<br />

WITHOUT LEGS<br />

Sense organs reduced<br />

Live among plentiful food so do<br />

not need legs to seek food<br />

LEPIDOPTERA<br />

Butterflies,<br />

moths<br />

DIPTERA<br />

Flies<br />

All fly larvae<br />

COLEOPTERA<br />

Beetles,<br />

weevils<br />

Some beetle or<br />

weevil larvae<br />

HYMENOPTERA<br />

Ants, bees,<br />

sawflies, wasps<br />

Ants, bees <strong>and</strong> some<br />

wasps<br />

Fruit fly<br />

maggots<br />

Longicorn<br />

beetle larva<br />

Citrus gall<br />

wasp larva<br />

Jewel beetle<br />

larva<br />

Weevil larva<br />

WITH<br />

LEGS<br />

Thoracic<br />

legs only<br />

More or less<br />

well<br />

developed<br />

thoracic legs<br />

Abdominal<br />

appendages<br />

usually<br />

absent<br />

Head<br />

capsule <strong>and</strong><br />

appendages<br />

usually well<br />

developed<br />

LONG<br />

LEGS<br />

SHORTER<br />

LEGS<br />

Active predators<br />

Ladybird beetle<br />

larva<br />

Some beetle<br />

larvae<br />

Some sawfly larvae<br />

Steelblue sawfly<br />

larva (spitfire)<br />

Scarab grub<br />

Thoracic <strong>and</strong><br />

abdominal legs<br />

Well developed<br />

segmentation<br />

Thoracic <strong>and</strong> abdominal<br />

legs (prolegs) well or<br />

moderately well developed<br />

Usually live on or near food<br />

No abdominal<br />

segmentation<br />

Only rudimentary<br />

appendages<br />

No spiracles<br />

Larvae emerge from egg<br />

into high nutrient food, eg<br />

eggs, or bodies of other<br />

insects<br />

All moth <strong>and</strong><br />

butterfly larvae<br />

Grapevine moth<br />

caterpillar. Ring of<br />

hooks on end of<br />

prolegs<br />

Some sawfly larvae<br />

Callitris sawfly larva<br />

No ring of hooks on<br />

end of prolegs<br />

Some parasitic wasps<br />

Insects <strong>and</strong> allied pests - Biology 25

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