Pests by AMYA VO https://padlet.com/amya_vo/5pok60b723oi Made with magic en-us 2018-04-09 13:17:56 UTC 2023-06-05 06:19:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Aphids amya_vo https://padlet.com/amya_vo/5pok60b723oi/wish/249779573 •Aphids are pear-shaped, usually wingless, and soft-bodied insects. Aphids tend to be green or yellowish in color and they have the ability to reproduce in a very rapid manner.
-Aphids attack a wide variety of greenhouse plants by using their mouthparts to pierce the plant and suck out juices. 
]]> 2018-04-09 13:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/amya_vo/5pok60b723oi/wish/249779573 Caterpillars amya_vo https://padlet.com/amya_vo/5pok60b723oi/wish/249779699 •Caterpillars are the larvae of various moth species. 
–They damage greenhouse crops by eating the plants.]]> 2018-04-09 13:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/amya_vo/5pok60b723oi/wish/249779699 Fungus gnats amya_vo https://padlet.com/amya_vo/5pok60b723oi/wish/249779830 • Fungus gnats are long-legged, winged, gray-black insects less than 1/8 inch long.    
–The larvae of fungus gnats feed on root hairs and tunnel into plant stems and they prefer a growing medium that is constantly moist.]]> 2018-04-09 13:19:53 UTC https://padlet.com/amya_vo/5pok60b723oi/wish/249779830 Leaf miners amya_vo https://padlet.com/amya_vo/5pok60b723oi/wish/249779968 •Leaf miners are small, stocky flies. 
–Chrysanthemums are subject to leaf miner damage. The adult deposits eggs inside a leaf.The eggs hatch, and the larvae feed on the interior of the leaf, making tunnels as they move along. ]]> 2018-04-09 13:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/amya_vo/5pok60b723oi/wish/249779968 Mealybugs amya_vo https://padlet.com/amya_vo/5pok60b723oi/wish/249780053 •Mealybugs are slow-moving, oval-shaped, whitish insects. 
–Mealybugs have a waxy finish and produce small cottony masses. They pierce plant leaves and suck the plant juices and as with aphids, they give birth to living nymphs.]]> 2018-04-09 13:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/amya_vo/5pok60b723oi/wish/249780053 Scale Insects amya_vo https://padlet.com/amya_vo/5pok60b723oi/wish/249780157 •Scale insects typically have flat, oval, often brown bodies and may or may not be covered with armored shells.
–Scale insects infest many types of greenhouse plants by piercing plant leaves and stems and sucking the juices.]]> 2018-04-09 13:20:27 UTC https://padlet.com/amya_vo/5pok60b723oi/wish/249780157 Western flower thrips amya_vo https://padlet.com/amya_vo/5pok60b723oi/wish/249780253 •Western flower thrips are small dark brown insects with two pairs of fringed wings. 
–The damage they cause to many kinds of plants often appears as whitish discoloration and they have rasping mouthparts that are able to scrape plant tissue. 
]]> 2018-04-09 13:20:35 UTC https://padlet.com/amya_vo/5pok60b723oi/wish/249780253 Whiteflies amya_vo https://padlet.com/amya_vo/5pok60b723oi/wish/249780433 •Whiteflies are small white insects. 
–Whiteflies are major pests of poinsettias and fuchsias. They generally camp out on the undersides of leaves, where they pierce the tissues and suck juices. Their larvae then feed on the undersides of the leaves. ]]> 2018-04-09 13:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/amya_vo/5pok60b723oi/wish/249780433