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in waters with high organic content. Use conventional insecticides only after taking steps at source ...

agents (natural enemies) in outdoor production. TSSM feeds on plant cell contents and can be found ...

moisture content to thrive. Important species in the Northwest are Trypodendron lineatum and Gnathotrichus ... color means these insects are rarely observed. Any wooden timber with a moisture content of 13% to 18% ...

the contents. Each larva may destroy five to seven seeds. Areas of silken webbing on mature sunflower heads ...

magnification. They feed by puncturing plant material, often blossoms, and sucking out the cell contents. Injured ...

not damage home or household contents. They rarely fly but can move rapidly and tend to climb, so are often ...

contents of epidermal cells of leaves. This results in a grayish cast to the field. Individual leaves ...

side. Spider mites feed by sucking the contents out of leaf cells, causing a mottling, stippling ...

the cell contents. Injured blossoms often turn into distorted fruit. When feeding on flowers, affected ...

tissues by puncturing individual plant cells, then sucking the contents out of the cell. The damage ...