and impeding gas exchange. Sooty moulds grow on the honeydew, blocking the light from the leaves and reducing photosynthesis. Also due to the honeydew, cottony
Pupation takes place around March or April. The pupae are cream-coloured to light brown.
miner ( Tuta absoluta ) are grey-brown with filiform antennae, alternating light or dark segments and recurved labial palps, that are well developed. Black
potato aphid and is particularly visible in the nymphs. Immatures have a light dusting of whitish-grey wax. The aphids instantly fall off the plant when
surface of leaves or on other greenhouse materials. At first, the eggs are a light green colour, later becoming yellow. They have a flattened oval to round
shield. The body is drab brown with lateral stripes that are sometimes light in colour. The ventral surface is lighter than the dorsal, with hairs located
Lifecycle and appearance of the pepper weevil Newly hatched adults have a light brown colour, with an oval body measuring 2 to 3.5 mm in length, and over
flower-stalk of the host plant. The pupa is 7-8 mm long, its colour varies from light yellow in the beginning to brown before adult emergence. Male and female
peach aphids (Myzus persicae subsp. persicae ) may be green, white-green, light yellow-green, grey-green, pink or red in colour. They appear matt, never
pyralid Adults of the European pepper moth ( Duponchelia fovealis ) are light to dark brown with a clearly visible white crinkled line on the forewing
