Sabtu, 23 April 2011

CATERPILARS

Lymantriidae word derived from Greek, namely lumanter which means destroyer. So named because these caterpillars like to destroy crops. These pests include all plant-eater that it's hard to say its host plant. These caterpillars often eat the skin of rubber plant that has just recovered tapped. If swallowed sap (latex), this worm will die.

Caterpillar belonging to this family, which crested caterpillar (Orgyia postica Wlk.). This crested caterpillar eating all plants (polyphagous). These caterpillars eat the leaves of soybean, bean, chocolate, quinine, tea, distance, cinnamon, orchid, rubber, pine, fir, lamtoro, orange, and mango.

Morphology and life cycle:
Caterpillar hairs bright yellow. Its fur can cause itching of the skin. His head is red. These caterpillars have 4 crested the color yellow.

Wingless female moths are not up and running not long after the exit from the cocoon. Male moth wings and fly away, attracted by the female moth pheromone hormones.

After mating, female moths lay eggs in a cocoon and die. The development from egg to adult is more or less a month. If the number of caterpillars are many, the leaves can be discharged. The pupa are in a cocoon made ​​of woven feathers.

Natural enemies:
Many natural enemies of these pests, such as the braconid parasite Apanteles colemani Vier, tachinid Exorista sorbillans Wied., and caterpillar fungus that can cause pain

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