LO 1.2 - 1.4 - Non insect pests.

Question 1

Name some non insect pests

Answer 1

• Spider mites
• woodlice
• slugs
• nematodes
• birds
• mamals

Question 2

Info Graphic

Two spotted spider mites

Question 3

Question

Spider mites

Answer 3

Barley visible

Question 4

Why alternative names?

Answer 4

Females turn red before hibernation

Question 5

Info graphic

Red spider mites
Damage symptoms
Swarming

Question 6

Describe Spider mites

Answer 6

• 4 pairs of leges
• no wings
• blobular bidy
• webbing

Question 7

Red Spider Mite Climate and Symptoms

Answer 7

Thrives in warm conditions

Question 8

Info graphic,, life cycle

Question 9

Control Spider mites

Answer 9

Cultural
* Mist 2 times daily
* Well spaced plants
* Clean greenhouse in winter

Biological
* Another predatory mite

Chemical
* Last resort, but you may encounter resistance problems
* Sodium salts of fatty acits. (Savona)

Question 10

Name some other mites

Answer 10

Lime nail-gall mite
Conifer spinning mite
Walnut blister mite
Tarsonemid mites
* Tiny….
Black current gall mite

Question 11

Other Pests
Woodlice

Woodlice

Answer 11

• Head and thorax fused
• seven pairs of legs
• Crustacean

Question 12

Woodlice damage

Answer 12

Seedlings may get eaten.

Question 13

Info Graphic

Non Arthropod pests

Question 14

Info Graphic

Question 15

Info Graphic

Question 16

Slugs & Snails

Question 17

Define Slugs adn Snails

Answer 17

• From squid family
• Un-segmented
• No shell = shell; Shell = snail.
• Toothed tongue
• Movement by large muscular foot

Question 18

Slugs

Answer 18

• 50,000 per hectare
• Hermaphrodite:
• Both have male and female organs
• Still need to mate

Question 19

Damage symptoms

Answer 19

• Irregular holes in leaves - sides middle and back - feed at night
• Slime trails
• Seedlings decapitated

Question 20

Info Graphic

Damage symptoms

Question 21

Info Graphic

Garden Snail

Question 22

Slug Control

Answer 22

Cultural
* Grit, coffee grinds, copper barriers
* beer traps
Biological
* Nematodes, birds (chickens)
Chemical
* Last resort
* Slug pellets

Question 23

Nematodes

Answer 23

• Sometime called eelworms
• Microscopic
• Plant parasitic ones have mouth spear

Question 24

Nematodes

Answer 24

• Cylindrical body
• Cuticle
• Need water film for movement
• Males and females exist
• High numbers

Question 25

Bad Nematodes

Answer 25

Cysts nematodes
* problem for potatoes

Root knot nematodes
* Problem in tomatoes

Question 26

INfo Graphic

Nematodes
roots

Question 27

Nematodes

Answer 27

Vector for viruses
Leaf nematodes
Bulb eelworm