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Mighty mites

Mites which specialise in eating plants have modified abrading and sucking mouthparts differing from those with chewing/mandibular mouthparts for mites that eat grain, books, straw, birds, people (as in scabies).

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Beetles to beat

Beetles which eat your avocado, macadamia and mango flowers are eating your cash.

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Queensland’s gift to fruit growers

Other states and territories would love to return to sender, but the QFF doesn’t cooperate. The Queensland Fruit Fly is so well known, the abbreviation is widely recognised as representing a threat to the wealth of growers of most fruits almost anywhere (in reality it is a native of central coastal Queensland, but very geographically ambitious).

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Longtailed mealybug monitoring update

Technical agronomist and InSense owner Russell Fox says the longtailed mealybug LTMB (Pseudococcus longispinus) is proving to be not just a very persistent pest – it is also a pest on the increase in many areas and crops.

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Soon there will be bugs

As the temperatures rise, so do the pests! Learn how to protect your crops from Fruit Spotting and Banana Spotting Bugs before they wreak havoc.

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It’s an inside job

You have hidden enemies: the pests that work away inside plant tissue. These pests are not shy; they just choose to get inside because they can, the tucker is good… and because they have less trouble with predators (and growers). Ion Staunton*

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You don't want Lace (bug) in your place

I see olive trees used as features or ornamental foliage in towns around restaurants; some homeowners like them as they are hardy, have a grey-green foliage, a variation on other foliage colours. By this time of the year many have yellowed leaves among the grey-green – an olive lace bug (OLB) symptom.

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Citrus flavoured pests

Congratulations! If you’ve chosen to grow a citrus crop, you’ve picked a tree crop with probably the most pests wanting to share in the fun.

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Insect control strategies for this season

In the September Rural Business magazine, there was an important announcement: “…the fact is, without pesticides, 78 per cent of fruit, 54 per cent of vegetables and 32 per cent of cereals currently produced for consumption would not exist”.

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How good are you at killing insects?

Are you getting the best out of your spray equipment? You get better at doing things only if you want to improve, and that usually means trying new things and tweaking your methods,

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Timing is everything when controlling tree pests!

This issue of Tree Crop is the last one before flowers appear on your tree crop, Ion Staunton writes.

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Are they Grasshoppers or Locusts?

Recently, I came across a retail garden website saying grasshoppers could be considered as beneficial insects… just because birds love to eat them.

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No matter the crop, pests are the same

The ‘Know your Pest’ article each issue was aimed at a pest and mentioned the crops usually under attack; this time we start with the crop(s).

Tree Crop News

Mighty mites

Beetles to beat

Queensland’s gift to fruit growers

Longtailed mealybug monitoring update

Soon there will be bugs

It’s an inside job

You don't want Lace (bug) in your place

Citrus flavoured pests

Insect control strategies for this season

How good are you at killing insects?

Timing is everything when controlling tree pests!

Are they Grasshoppers or Locusts?

No matter the crop, pests are the same

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