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