• Pollination checklist Natupol Fly

  without preparation if the temperature is below 15 ˚C. The outcome will be unpredictable and will often take longer than a week. In the event of having to [...] higher temperatures, the fully-grown flies emerge over time, depending on the actual temperature. Natupol Fly is supplied as pupae in cardboard tubes. Use [...] condensation. Use coffee cups with lids, for instance, or bags. Do not scatter the pupae loose. Experiences in practice suggest that the side effects of chemical

• Small bramble aphid

  before reaching adulthood. With each moult they shed white skin, betraying their presence in the crop. As its name indicates, the permanent blackberry aphid [...] related to the colour of leaves and stems of the host plants but this does not always happen. Sometimes both colour forms can be found in the same colony. [...] Asia. It is a pest of blackberry and is also found on loganberry and rarely on strawberry. Damage symptoms The dense colonies appearing is early summer

• Dacnusa sibirica

  emerge from the leaf miner pupae by biting a hole in the pupal cuticle with their jaws. The orientation of the wasp within the host pupa is the same as that [...] Dacnusa sibirica is available in a bottle ( Minusa ). Release parasitic wasps between the leaves of the crop in the morning or in the evening The dosage of Minusa [...] particularly in the control of leaf miners of the genus Liriomyza . The species is native to Europe and can appear spontaneously in greenhouses in all seasons

• Mottled arum aphid

  reaching adulthood. With each moult they shed white skin, betraying their presence in the crop. Reproduction of the mottled arum aphid is entirely by part [...] parthenogenesis, with unfertilized viviparous females continuously producing new generations of females. There is no sexual stage in the life cycle. Wingless [...] Wingless females of the mottled arum aphid are shiny whitish, yellowish or green with black cross bands behind the head, broken along the midline, and a large

• Black bean aphid

  adulthood. With each moult they shed white skin, betraying their presence in the crop. The black bean aphid is dark olive green to black with black bands [...] As a result, the plant’s growth is retarded giving rise to deformed leaves or, if the infestation occurs early enough in the season, the death of young [...] General The black bean aphid, Aphis fabae , is widespread in temperate regions, where it is a serious economic pest of beans. It is highly polyphagous

• Tomato looper

  prolegs, instead of the normal five and therefore the caterpillar moves with the same looping motion as an inchworm (geometrid). The cocoon is usually attached [...] on the forewing that sometimes overlap each other. The hindwings are brown. The body is brown and hairy and, when at rest, the hairy dorsal plume is ch [...] also be found in the soil. The pupa has a pale green body, with a dark brown ventral dorsal stripe, but the body can also be entirely brown.

• Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Hypoaspis miles)

  and other soil-dwelling insects. The mites appear in and on the soil and at the base of plant stems. The reduction of the infestation level occurs at a slow [...] legs, and brown mouthparts. The females are larger than the males, and have a white stripe on the rear end of the body. The eggs, larvae, and first nymphal [...] deutonymph, and adult. Stratiolaelaps scimitus is a large mite with a body length of up to 1 mm. The body is pale with a clearly visible brown dorsal shield, brown

• Natupol

  introduction Clean the hive stand before placing new hives Disposal After the pollination cycle, once there is no life in the bumblebee colonies, the ‘Beehome’ [...] be closed. Remove the plastic liner and the sugar water tank from the hive, then place the liner back inside. Seal the entire hive in a plastic bag, remove [...] After introduction of the hive, worker bumblebees start pollinating the flowers while at the same time collecting pollen to feed the brood. More workers

• Natupol Trio

  pollinating the flowers while at the same time collecting pollen to feed the brood. More workers emerge from the brood in the weeks after the introduction [...] After the pollination cycle, once there is no life in the bumblebee colonies, the ‘Beehome’ system should be closed. Remove the plastic liner and the sugar [...] before the crop flowers Position the Natupol Trio hives evenly througout the plot. The best position is on a horizontal platform just above the ground

• Bacterial canker of tomato

  usually white with a brown centre. In potato, the disease usually only occurs in the second half of the season. The first symptoms are wilting of the lower [...] expansion of the wilt upwards. Cutting the stem at the foot shows whitish ooze with bacteria in the case of C lavibacter infection, but other than that the disease [...] Both in greenhouses and in the field, spraying may also spread the bacteria. The bacteria can also be dispersed by machinery, crates and tools. The bacteria