Question

Write name of any two fruit and shoot borer insect pests? (Topic: INSECT PESTS AND DISEASES OF CROPS)

Answer 1

Insects and arachnids

Examples of agricultural and horticultural insect pests include: aphids and other Hemipteran pests, thrips, ...

Ants, cockroaches, flies and wasps.

Termites, woodworm and wood ants cause structural damage.

Bookworms, silverfish, carpet beetles and clothes moths cause non-structural damage.

Answer 2

Aphids are a type of insect pest , 1–3mm sized , soft-bodied insects that can be green, grey, or black. Common seasons are  spring and autumn, aphids can be winged or wingless and are usually slow-moving. Aphids cluster on the tips of the shoots and any fruit , sucking the sap from the plant, which reduces fruit or vegetable  plant vigour.

Caterpillars are usually the larval category of moths or butterflies. They are normally looked hairless, with a long cylindrical body of size 10–50mm long and range in colour. They generally attack leaves, stems, flowers, fruits and roots.