• Beetles

  largest of all insect orders and displays an enormous variety of form, size and habit. A number of species are a serious pest in crops or stored products [...] group of insects that are easily recognizable on account of their hard wing covers (elytra). With more than 350,000 known species, Coleoptera is the largest [...] and adults of beetles can cause damage to crops. The larvae of some species feed on growing tips and roots or chew and bore into stems, but in other species

• Common cockchafer

  melolontha ) does most of its damage in the larval stage, when it feeds on roots of grasses and clover. The adults feed on the leaves of trees, mainly on oak [...] are 10 to 20 mm in the first autumn, 30 to 35 mm by the following autumn, and 40 to 46 mm in the spring of their third year. The pupa is 25 to 35 mm long [...] melolontha) , also known as the doodlebug or May bug is a European beetle of the genus Melolontha, in the family Scarabaeidae. Damage symptoms The common

• Western flower thrips

  leaves and the black dots of their excreta indicate their presence in the crop. The vigour of the plant is reduced by loss of chlorophyll. When infestations [...] variety of plants, including many vegetable and ornamental crops in greenhouses, and on various weeds. It is an especially significant pest in cucumber [...] as the “pig-tail” fruit sometimes found in cucumber crops. In many ornamental crops, even very low numbers of thrips can cause damage by transmitting viruses

• Shore fly

  very commonly, often in the vicinity of water. They feed on algae. Other shore fly species have diverse feeding habits but the larvae of most species feed [...] instar larva is translucent white. Second instar larvae are brownish, less translucent and their body is cylindrical. The larvae are found in the top layer [...] flowers in ornamental crops, lettuce and herbs also causes cosmetic damage, and sometimes this can occur on such a scale that growth, particularly of young

• Sciarid flies

  damage is the immediate result of larvae feeding on the roots. The larvae feed mainly on decaying plant material and on algae and fungi present in the soil [...] areas in dark places, with a lot of organic material. They occur the whole year round. The eggs are minute (0.1 to 0.25 mm) and yellowish white in colour [...] can grow to 5 to 12 mm in length and 0.5 to 1.5 mm in diameter. They are legless and have a conspicuous black head. The head is equipped with biting-chewing

• Anso-Mite

  Pests Young larvae of various thrips species. Also has an effect on eggs and larvae of whitefly , all stages of non-webbing spider mites (e.g. European [...] European red mite, Panonychus ulmi ) and rust mites. Crops Do not use in tomato. Mode of action Predatory mites pierce their prey with their sucking mouthparts [...] times at weekly intervals or until control is achieved. Consult a Koppert advisor or a recognized distributor of Koppert products for advice on the best strategy

• Stable fly

  long), white, sausage-shaped eggs (singly, or in bunches of 25–30) in humid areas with large amounts of decaying organic matter, such as compost piles [...] worldwide, it is believed they first originated somewhere in Eurasia. Stable flies superficially resemble house flies, but are lighter in colour and have [...] insects and can travel up to 20 km in search of new hosts. Damage symptoms Stable flies typically congregate on the legs of livestock to feed, and the population

• Chrysanthemum

  called mum or chrysanth, is a flowering plant that belongs to the genus Chrysanthemum of the family of Asteraceae. The plant is originally from Asia and [...] northeastern Europe and the majority of the different species derive from East Asia. Especially in China a wide range of varieties and cultivars has been developed [...] consists of many hybrids and an extensive range of cultivars that are produced for commercial, horticultural purposes. Traditionally, yellow is the main

• Cranberry

  This cranberry is also found in certain regions along the Pacific Coast of North America and parts of Europe. This species of cranberry belongs to the [...] macrocarpon) is a particular North American species of cranberry is also referred to as large cranberry, American cranberry or bearberry. The cranberry is indigenous [...] to specific parts of North America, namely the central and eastern part of Canada and the northeastern and north-central areas of the United States. This

• Blackberry

  The blackberry is an edible fruit that originates from a wide range of species belonging to the genus Rubus that is part of the family of Rosaceae , but [...] subgenera. The blackberry is actually not a berry botanically speaking. It is a so-called aggregate fruit that consists of small kernels.