• Black vine weevil

  have dull yellow spots on their back. The wing covers are grooved and fused with the body. Therefore, vine weevils cannot fly but can walk very well. They [...] typical C-shape which it assumes whenever it is disturbed. The body is covered with stiff white to light brown, bent hairs. Overwintering occurs in the larval [...] compared to many other insects. Spread over longer distances usually occurs with infested plant material. Because Otiorhynchus sulcatus is parthenogenetic

• Citrus mealybug

  breadth. Seen dorsally, they have an oval form; they are soft and covered with a fine waxy material. They move very little. They can be distinguished from

• American serpentine leaf miner

  Feeding spots made by adult females can also reduce yield, although except with ornamental crops, this is usually of less significance. Seedlings and young [...] before pupating, the grown larva cuts a sickle-shaped exit hole in the leaf with its mouth parts. After roughly one hour the larva crawls out of the leaf

• Stable fly

  humid areas with large amounts of decaying organic matter, such as compost piles, hay bales, spilled feed and near the edge of silage pits. As with all flies [...] male and female flies feed on animal blood, and females must be engorged with blood to lay eggs. They are highly mobile insects and can travel up to 20

• Broad mite

  rather large (about 0.07 mm) compared with the subsequent, active stages. They are transparent and speckled with white dots. The larva of the broad mite [...] stems. The growing tips of affected plants acquire a misshapen appearance, with contorted leaves and sporadic brown discolouration caused by cork formation [...] crack open at the site of deformation. Flowers are often discoloured, and with a severe attack, deformed. Extensive damage can be caused by relatively low

• Cyclamen mite

  deform and discolour with the leaves turning bronze, mainly along the midrib. Even a mild infestation can cause enormous damage, and with heavier infestations [...] Phytonemus pallidus ) feeds on plant sap by penetrating the plant tissue with its piercing-sucking mouth parts. The mites are mostly found within the flower [...] or quiescent nymph. Adult females are yellowish brown, about 0.25 mm long, with the hind legs reduced to slender threadlike structures that are not used

• Red palm weevil

  Weevil originates from tropical Asia, but has spread to Africa and Europe with distribution through the Mediterranean since the 1980s. Damage symptoms It [...] present and feed in the softest and most humid living tissues (growth areas) with a low to moderate proportion of fibres. Their feeding causes deterioration [...] weevil ( Rhynchophorus ferrugineus ) are typical weevils: the head extends with a long thin rostrum that holds the antennae and tiny mandibles. The size

• Tomato leaf miner

  Feeding spots made by adult females can also reduce yield, although except with ornamental crops, this is usually of less significance. Seedlings and young [...] before pupating, the grown larva cuts a sickle-shaped exit hole in the leaf with its mouth parts. After roughly one hour the larva crawls out of the leaf

• Garden chafer

  garden chafers ( Phyllopertha horticola ) have red-brown slightly hairy wings with a dark edge. The neck shield is metallic green to shiny black. In Central [...] Phyllopertha horticola ). These flights are carried out by the males, who mate with females that stay close to the ground. Females start to deposit eggs into

• Crazy roots, hairy roots, crown gall

  tools, drippers, gutters etc. Adjust the work order in greenhouses to fit with the hygiene protocol Disinfect the nutrient solution in order to prevent