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Resource Manual on IPPM in Vegetable
World Education Philippines, Inc.
Chrysoperla lay their eggs on stalks and on the upper surface of the leaves. The larvae
have well-developed mouth parts for catching and consuming prey. Larval development
takes only about two weeks. Adults are light green in color and have net-like wings
folded like a tent over the body. When disturbed, the adults produce a strong odor.
Name: Andrallus spinidens (F.)
Family: Pentatomidae
Order: Hemiptera
Andrallus spinidens is an impressive predatory sucking bug
that is capable of attacking and killing large caterpillars.
The eggs of this predator are often parasitized by small
wasps.
Name: Eocanthecona furcellata (Wolff)
Family: Pentatomidae
Order: Hemiptera
This predatory stink bug is not as common as Andrallus
spinidens, but its behavior in capturing prey is similar to that
of A. spinidens.
Name: Pygomenida varipennis (Westwood)
Family: Pentatomidae
Order: Hemiptera
This small pentatomid acts mainly as a predator of eggs and
young butterflies and moth larvae. It also may suck juices
from plants. However, this does not damage the plant itself.
Name: Rhynocoris sp.
Family: Reduviidae
Order: Hemiptera
This small to medium-sized predator is not abundant but
contributes to a group of predators that kill their prey by
inserting their mouthpart and injecting toxin into the prey.
It paralyzes the prey and makes it easy for the predator to
suck out the liquid contents of its victim.
Name: Ectrychotes sp.
Family: Reduviidae
Order: Hemiptera
Name: Sycanus sp.
Family: Reduviidae
Order: Hemiptera
This large (18-20 mm) predator is capable of successfully
attacking large larvae such as members of the hawk moth
family Spingidae. It lays its eggs together in a mass held
together by a sticky material.
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