Pests Flashcards
Clear winged grasshopper
Order Development Mouthpart damaging stage hosts
orthoptera hemi chewing adults and larvae grasses and cereals (Blotches of wings, Clear hind wings) (no spur on throat)
Migratory Grasshopper
Order Development Mouthpart damaging stage hosts
Orthoptera hemi chewing adults and larvae grasses and cereal (spur on throat, black band on thorax and hind leg)
Two striped grasshopper
Order Development Mouthpart damaging stage hosts
Orthoptera hemi chewing adults and larvae alfalfa and shelter belts (spur on throat, large, black stripe on yellow legs, yellow stripe along dorsal)
Blister beetle
Order Development Mouthpart damaging stage hosts
Coleoptera holo chewing adults crucifers and legumes (rounded wings, thorax narrow than head, hammer head kind of a long body )
Flea beetle
Order Development Mouthpart damaging stage hosts
coleoptera holo chewing adults crusifers (tiny, large hind femur. some are shiny black some have 2 yellowish stripes on back)
click beetle (wireworm)
Order Development Mouthpart damaging stage hosts
Coleoptera holo chewing larvae cereals, oilseeds, potatoes (bell shaped prothorax) larvae- brown, worm like but not soft bodied, six legs in front
Red turnip beetle Order Development Mouthpart damaging stage hosts
coleoptera holo chewing adults and larvae crucifers (larvae- black in colour) Adults- smaller than potato beetle, orange brown, 3 striped on
Sunflower beetle
Order Development Mouthpart damaging stage hosts
Coleoptera
holo
chewing
adultas and larvae
sunflower
(yellow in colour, solid colour prothorax, 8 black lines on back, outer lines have ! )
(larvae are pale orange or green, smaller than potato beetle larvae, hunchback appearance)
Colorado potato beetle
Order Development Mouthpart damaging stage hosts
Coleoptera holo chewing adults and larvae potatoes ( yellowish, no ! , 10 black stripes) (larvae- orange, spotted, hunchbacked)
Weevil
Order Development Mouthpart damaging stage hosts
Coleoptera holo chewing adults sweet clover, sunflower, rice (grey to black colour, snouted nose, antennae in front of eyes)
June bug Order Development Mouthpart damaging stage hosts
Coleoptera
holo
chewing
larvae
cereal, potatoes, grass
(larvae- pale, C shaped, brown head, legless)
adults- large, stout, fan shaped antennae
Lady beetle
Order Development Mouthpart damaging stage hosts Benefits
Coleoptera holo chewing adults and larvae Predator (clubbed antennae)
Carabid beetle
Order Development Mouthpart damaging stage hosts Benefit
Coloptera holo chewing adults predators (long legs, head narrower than prothorax, large jaws)
Lacewings
Order Development Mouthpart Beneficial stage Benefits
Neuroptera
holo
chewing- adults, chewing sucking - larvae
adults and larvae
predator
(clear wings with cross veins, Folded wings like a tent)
Syphid flies
Order Development Mouthpart Beneficial stage Benefit
diptera holo chewing (larvae) Sponging (adults) adults (pollinators) larvae (predators) wide range of plants and insects (1 pair of wings, short antennae)