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To go along with today's release of the Winter Workshop in FarmVille, Zynga has launched a new quest in the farming game called the "Winter Wonderland" Quest. Before we go any further, however ...
Greenhouse whitefly nymph. Adult. Females are capable of mating less than 24 hours after emergence and most frequently lay their eggs on the undersides of leaves. Eggs are pale yellow in colour, before turning grey prior to hatching. Newly hatched nymphs, often known as crawlers, are the only mobile immature life-stage. During the first and ...
Bemisia tabaci, silverleaf whitefly, is a pest of many agricultural and ornamental crops. Trialeurodes vaporariorum, greenhouse whitefly, a major pest of greenhouse fruit, vegetables, and ornamentals; Although several species of whitefly may cause some crop losses simply by sucking sap when they are very numerous, the major harm they do is ...
The silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci, also informally referred to as the sweet potato whitefly) is one of several species of whitefly that are currently important agricultural pests. [1] A review in 2011 concluded that the silverleaf whitefly is actually a species complex containing at least 40 morphologically indistinguishable species.
Aleurocanthus spiniferus, the citrus spiny whitefly, is an insect native to Asia. It is considered an invasive pest, notably affecting citrus and tea plants. They are part of the whitefly family. A. spiniferus is indigenous to parts of tropical Asia, where it was first discovered in Japan c. 1903, soon after which it spread around the world.
Orchamoplatus citri is an Australian species of whitefly. [4] It has been located primarily in warm, coastal areas in the southeastern parts of Australia. [5] Populations have been found in Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and a small population was found in Western Australia in Perth. [5]
Ellychnia corrusca, the winter firefly, [2] is a species of firefly in the genus Ellychnia. [3] It is a lantern-less diurnal beetle common in the United States , Mexico , and Canada . The adults spend winter on a colony tree, favoring Quercus (oak), Carya (hickory), and Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip poplar).
Many reference sources in the past century or so have repeated the assertion that the chironomidae do not feed as adults, but an increasing body of evidence contradicts this view. Adults of many species do, in fact, feed. The natural foods reported include fresh fly droppings, nectar, pollen, honeydew, and various sugar-rich materials.