Apple scab

on blossoms, leaves, petioles and fruits and sometimes on twigs and bud scales. The lesions are olive-green. When spores are produced, the lesions become

Diamond back moth

forewings are dark, sometimes suffused with ochre or mixed with whitish scales. The lower one-third of the forewing is ochreous-white, with a nearly white

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri

predator. Sometimes other insects related to mealybugs are eaten, such as soft scales or aphids . However, this beetle is most effective in controlling large

Pine processionary moth

cylindrical egg masses range in length from 4 to 5 cm. They are covered with the scales of the female anal tuft, which mimics the pine shoots. The larvae develop

Biological Pest Control

the Australian lady beetle to North America helped control cottony cushion scale populations. Classical biological control aims to establish a self-sustaining

Whitefly

but belong to the order Hemiptera (true bugs ). Together with aphids and scale insects, they belong to the division Sternorrhyncha. The most common species

Protected vegetables

parasitise on pests such as aphids , leaf miners , whitefly , mealybugs and scales keeping their populations in check. Predatory mites prey on spider mites

Blueberry

organisms can be used for the control of aphids , fruit flies , mealybugs and scales , spider mites , thrips , beetles and whitefly in blueberry crops. These