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Insects
Spider mites
These are very small spiders,
around 1 millimeter length and reproduce very fast.
Their color is red or yellow and the damage they make can be very big.
They can reach enormous amounts…
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Whitefly
A very dangerous pest.
Very hard to eradicate.
Around 2 mm length.
It sucks liquids out of the plant’s leaves and secrete sticky material called honeydew…
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Thrips
They are around 1 mm at length.
They are sucking the leaves fluids and scrubbing the leaves and fruits…
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Aphids
Are around 2 mm length and are inhabiting plants in big colonies.
They also suck the liquids out of the leaves and disturb the plant’s growth,
with theviruses they transfer into them…
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Leaf Miner
They are 2 mm length.
The larva is eating the green tissue of the leaves and making small tunnels in the leaves.
As a result, the photosynthesis of the plants is reduced…
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Tuta Absoluta
Is a moth, attacking only tomato and eggplant.
The caterpillar penetrates the leaves and eating them from the inside.
The damage can be enormous.
It attacks also the fruits…
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Caterpillars:
Prodenia,Lafigma,Heliotis
Are also called cotton leafworm, beet armyworm and tobacco budworm.
These three are moths.
Around 2 centimeter length.
The caterpillar is basically eating the leaves…
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Mealybugs
Mealy bugs are insects which are covered with a white waxy powder. They secrete honeydew that can lead to secondary disease infections such as sooty moulds…..
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