HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
INSECT PESTS OF FRUITS PLANTATION MEDICINAL AROMATIC CROPS VEGETABLE ORNAMENTAL AND SPICE CROPS
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Boll weevil
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Ladybug
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Blister beetle
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Crickets
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ladybug eggs are bright yellow. The females lay eggs in bunches of about 5 – 50, on the undersides of leaves to protect them from flying predators and the weather. They lay eggs many times per season; a female lays about 1, 000 eggs in her lifetime.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to the buglogical website, ladybugs are capable of consuming up to 50 to 60 aphids per day but will also eat a variety of other insects and larvae, including scales, mealy bugs, leaf hoppers, mites and various types of soft-bodied insects.
Detailed explanation-3: -Biological Control There are many natural enemies that will feed on corn borer larvae. These include lady beetle adults and larvae, syrphid or hover fly larvae and green lacewing larvae.