Pest infestation in bottle gourd
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Heavy infestation of aphids seen in bottle gourd. Please help in the identification of other Insect also seen in the pic.
Aphid infestation seen in bottle gourd. Please help in the identification of other Insect also observed in this slide.
Thanks!
Posted
by: Rupinder Singh
(13 points)
Posted: July 20, 2017
Answers
Hi Rupinder, it looks like the aphids are feeding by ladybug beetles. The black ones are larvae and one with light orange color is the pupa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmoni...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmoni...
Life cycle of Harmonia axyridis
Ladybug beetle life cycle
Posted
by: Dr. Ravishankar Narayana
(15 points)
Posted: July 20, 2017
I have seen the insects that i have circled, very closely on my fields, feeding on aphids. This is purely my observation. I don't know the insect's name.
Posted
by: Madhav
(3 points)
Posted: July 20, 2017
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I think both ladybug and lacewing exists as predators in this slide which are attacking Aphids as their prey. over 6 years ago.