GREEN BUGS DAMAGING CITRUS TREES 21/06/2023

GREEN BUGS DAMAGING CITRUS TREES 17/06/2022

Green bugs specialize in the fruit of citrus groups (oranges, tangerines, lemons, grapefruits, kumquats...), some people call them orange bugs, or orange suckers. Their scientific name is Rhynchocoris poseidon or Rhynchocoris humeralis.

a. Morphological characteristics:

The  adults are glossy green, with a body length of 20-22 mm and a width of 15-16 mm. The needle is long to the end of the abdomen. The anterior margin of the thorax has 2 sharp spines, the sides of the abdomen have a serrated edge. There is a prominent line in the middle of the abdomen.

Larvae have 5-age level, newly hatched larvae are about 2.5-3 mm long. At other ages, larvae are bright yellow, on the thorax, wings and abdomen there are many black spots, the spots are very large and dark in young age, when the larvae molt, the spots become smaller. The wing buds of the 5-year-age larvae were clearly visible outside the body.

Eggs are very round, newly laid is white, then turn pale yellow, when about to hatch, the eggs are black on the head.part

b. Biological characteristics:

Adults are usually active in the early morning or late afternoon, and are common in dense gardens. When it is scorching hot, bugs often hide in the foliage.

The adults usually lay eggs in groups of 10-15 eggs, arranged in 2-3 rows. Eggs are laid on the fruit or on the leaves near the fruits.

After hatching, the 1-year-age larvae usually live around the eggs for a while, then disperse to other fruits to suck the juice.

a. Symptoms and effects:

Bugs attack the fruit when the fruit is very young. Both adult and larvae use proboscis to suck fruit.

When small fruit is damaged, the fruit will yellow, callus and then fall. If large fruit is attacked, the fruit may rot due to superinfection with Fungi or some other Microorganism.

The place of the sting has a small dot with a brown halo. The most important damage is on the small fruit stage. One Bug in a day can sting on many fruits.

b. Preventive measures:

Breeding yellow ants Oecophylla smaragdina in orange, tangerine, grapefruit, and lemon orchards.Use a racket to catch bugs in the early morning or late afternoon, remove the eggs.

Because bugs only cause damage mainly in luxuriant and dense gardens, pruning measures, clearing the garden for ventilation are essential to limit the damage of bugs.

Garden bugs are easy to detect because the bugs secrete a very specific smell.

Every week, at the fruit setting stage until a month later, if the number of bugs reaches the threshold of 1 insect/tree, use chemical products Fenbis 25EC, Lancer 50SP, Sairifos 585EC, Secsaigon 25EC, Sapen alpha 5EC... to prevent treat.

Note: the use of products is highly effective when detecting young bugs and killing them.

 

 

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