Litchi bug ( Tessaratoma papillosa, Pentatomidae ,Hemiptera)
Damaging stage: Nymph and Adult
Damaging symptom:
- Suck sap from small fruits, and
- Flower Base of leaf, flower and peduncle
- Flower and fruit dropping
Identification
- Egg: green color, cluster, upper leaf surface
- Nymph: first bluish brown and turn reddish blue
- Adult: reddish brown
Life cycle:
Egg–5-12 days–> Nymph –2-35 days–> Adult
Management
- Practice field sanitation, the adult and nymphs can be collected by shaking the trees, removing the dense bushes and large tress around the periphery of litchi orchard.
- Use any systemic nature of pesticides to control them