Insects of Southern Australian Broadacre Farming Systems - Grains ...
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SECTION 4<br />
Common Pest, Beneficial<br />
and Exotic Species<br />
Moths & Butterflies ................................................. 2<br />
Armyworms ............................................................4<br />
Cutworms ..............................................................7<br />
Budworms ............................................................11<br />
Diamondback moth ...................................................13<br />
Lucerne seed web moth ...............................................15<br />
Beetles ........................................................... 17<br />
Cockchafers ...........................................................19<br />
True wireworms ...................................................... 22<br />
False wireworms . ..................................................... 24<br />
Weevils . .............................................................. 26<br />
Ladybird beetles ..................................................... 29<br />
Carabid beetles (or Ground beetles) ....................................31<br />
Bugs .............................................................. 33<br />
Figure 4.1 An example <strong>of</strong> an aphid lifecycle (Aphis sp.) . .................. 35<br />
Figure 4.2 Persistent versus non-persistent transmission <strong>of</strong> viruses . ....... 36<br />
Table 4.1 Some aphids known to transmit viruses in pulse crops .......... 36<br />
Cereal aphids - Corn aphid, Oat aphid & Russian wheat aphid .......... 37<br />
Canola aphids - Cabbage aphid, Turnip aphid & Green peach aphid .....41<br />
Pulse aphids - Blue green aphid, Pea aphid, Cow-pea aphid &<br />
Green peach aphid ..................................... 43<br />
Sunn pest ............................................................ 45<br />
Damsel bugs (or Nabids) .............................................. 47<br />
Predatory bugs - Predatory shield bugs and Assassin bugs ............. 49<br />
Flies .............................................................. 50<br />
Gall midges or Gall gnats - Hessian fly & Barley stem gall midge ........ 52<br />
Exotic leaf miners . .................................................... 54<br />
Hoverflies ............................................................ 57<br />
Earwigs ........................................................... 59<br />
European earwig & Native earwigs .................................... 60<br />
Springtails ........................................................ 63<br />
Lucerne flea .......................................................... 63<br />
Slugs & Snails ..................................................... 65<br />
Round snails - White Italian snail & Vineyard or common snail .......... 66<br />
Conical snails - Small pointed snail & Pointed snail ..................... 68<br />
Slugs - Reticulated or grey field slug & Black-keeled slug ............... 70<br />
Mites ............................................................. 72<br />
Red legged earth mite, Blue oat mite, Balaustium mite &<br />
Bryobia mite or Clover mite ........................................... 72<br />
Figure 4.3 Typical lifecycle <strong>of</strong> redlegged earth mites in southern Australia . 75<br />
Predatory Mites ...................................................... 80<br />
Wasps, Bees & Ants ................................................ 81<br />
Wheat stem sawfly & European wheat stem sawfly .................... 82<br />
Wasp parasitoids ..................................................... 84<br />
Egg parasitoids ....................................................... 87<br />
Bees as pollinators ................................................... 89<br />
Lacewings & Antlions .............................................. 90<br />
Green lacewings & Brown lacewings ................................. 90<br />
Spiders ........................................................... 92<br />
More information ................................................. 93<br />
Legend<br />
Crop type<br />
Cereals<br />
Canola (& Brassicas)<br />
Pulses & legumes<br />
Pasture<br />
Monitoring type<br />
Observation<br />
Sweep net<br />
Yellow sticky trap<br />
Yellow pan trap<br />
Digging<br />
Pitfall trap<br />
Pheromone trap<br />
Light trap<br />
Insect status<br />
pest = blue<br />
beneficial = green<br />
biosecurity = red<br />
F = Family<br />
SF = Superfamily<br />
Scale bar<br />
10 mm 20 30<br />
adult<br />
Maximum size shown<br />
for larva and adult<br />
SECTION 4 COMMON Pest, Beneficial AND EXOTIC Species<br />
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<strong>Insects</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Australian</strong> <strong>Broadacre</strong> <strong>Farming</strong> <strong>Systems</strong> Identification Manual and Education Resource © 2012
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