Common Pests of Michelia scoparia and Their Control

Common Pests of Michelia scoparia and Their Control

Common Pests of Michelia scoparia

Underground pests such as white grubs and cutworms

White grub, commonly known as white silkworm and white earth silkworm. Cutworm, commonly known as white silkworm and white earth silkworm. Underground pests mainly eat seeds and bite off the roots of plants underground, causing the death of the entire plant.

Scale insects

Scale insects, most of which have waxy secretions on their bodies and are shaped like shells, hence the name scale insects. They often gather on the branches and leaves of plants and suck the sap from the plants, which can seriously cause the branches to wither or die.

Swallowtail butterfly

Although the swallowtail butterfly is extremely beautiful, this cannot conceal the fact that some of its species are pests. Harmful swallowtail butterflies will gnaw on the tender leaves of the plant.

Pest control methods for Michelia sempervirens

prevention

The reason why these pests with tenacious vitality do not cause large-scale insect plagues in nature is because there are many natural enemies. Therefore, we should also protect more beneficial insects in our lives, such as various bees such as trichogrammatids and ladybugs, and use the food chain relationship between insects and animals to scientifically solve insect pest problems.

Drug prevention

To treat underground pests, you can use 90% trichlorfon and 0.1% solution of marathon emulsion to dig holes in the soil and water directly.

For scale insects, you can use 50% Marathon and 40% Dimethoate solution for spraying.

For swallowtail butterflies, you can spray them with 50% dichlorvos solution.

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