How to deal with pests pears

All fruit crops suffer from pest attacks, and pears are no exception. Do not take any means to protect the trees at least recklessly, as this can lead not only to the death of the crop, but the entire tree.

In this regard, novice gardeners are very worried about the question: "What insects are dangerous and what means do you need to use in order for the pests of the pear to leave the tree forever?" Therefore, in order not to cause panic any large butterfly or beetle on a pear, the enemy must be known in person.

Hawthorn

Hawthorn it is very voracious, and with a massive seeding of a tree, the pest will very quickly consume all flowers, ovaries and greens. After him, he will leave only the bare, gnawed branches.

An insect hibernates in a house of dry leaves twisted into a tube, which it sticks together with cobwebs. It is very easy to find caterpillar clusters in the late autumn, when the tree has already lost all its leaves.

Good results are obtained by the collection and destruction of spider pest nests. In autumn, after leaf fall, it is recommended to remove all twisted leaves from trees as wintering places for insects. Hawthorn butterflies are often settled for the night on flowering weeds that grow in the garden, from where they can be gathered late in the evening or in the early morning.

Winter moth

In reality winter moth no less dangerous than the hawthorn. The wingspan of the male insect is 3 centimeters, but the females have underdeveloped wings, so they do not know how to fly. The females of insects have a brownish gray color, a swollen abdomen and long legs.

Adults reach a length of up to 28 mm, their body has a yellowish-green color. The caterpillar is not picky and gladly regales on all the fruit trees, nibbling their buds, leaves and flowers.

To destroy the winter moth should spray trees before flowering with such insecticidesas "Zolon", "Metathion", "Nexin", "Chlorophos" or "Olekuprit".

In order to completely exclude the possibility of pest spreading, it should be destroyed along with the spider nests, systematically clean the bark from dead areas and moss, as well as liming their trunks.

After the pear has faded, it is necessary to dig up a plot of land adjacent to the trunk, which will help to destroy the cradles of pupating caterpillars.

Excellent results are obtained by imposing trapping belts on the tree trunk, which will not allow the insect females to penetrate the crown, and they will be forced to lay eggs at the bottom of the tree, where they can be easily destroyed.

Galitsa pear

Galitsa pear - an insect that often infects pears and deprives us of tasty and fragrant fruits. Adults do not pose any danger to pears, but their larvae can easily destroy the entire crop.

Pest larvae have a compacted body, a well-developed head capsule and horizontally moving, powerful mouth hooks opposite each other.

Settling in plant tissues, the larvae provoke characteristic gall-like growths in them. Insect affects the fruit ovary and feeds on its pulp, this becomes the reason that over time, the fruit turns black, stops development and falls.

Pear Fruit Galley

Pear Fruit Galley - This is a small insect of brown color, which in appearance is very similar to a mosquito and is about 4 millimeters in size. Insect larvae feed on the tissues of the fruit and leaves of trees.

The pest is harmful primarily to young trees, as well as to those that have been pruned. Also, the pest can wade into the seed chamber, feeding on fetal tissues.

Pear sawfly

Insect pest that affects only pears - pear sawfly. An adult has a body length of 5 to 6 millimeters. Females lay one egg in unopened buds, damaging the base of the sepals and receptacle by the egg-laying.

The larvae bite into the middle of the ovary and feed on its core, after which they transfer to the neighboring fruits. During the period of active feeding, one larva damages from 3 to 4 fruits. It eats away their seed chamber and seeds, with the result that the fruits turn black and eventually fall off.

To avoid a massive attack of pests, at the beginning of flowering tree treated with insecticides. If time is missed and the insect has damaged the fruit, then they are shaken out on the litter and buried to a depth of at least 50 centimeters, which avoids further spread of the pest.

In order to avoid the spread of pear sawflies in the garden, one should follow the basic rules of tree care and systematically dig the soil around them; it is also recommended to collect and destroy the insect's web nests.

Pliers

Pliers like no other type of pest can ruin the life of any gardener. Ticks are a subclass of arthropods - microscopic pests of the arachnid class that can cause significant damage to plants.

Brown fruit mite

Brown fruit mite dangerous to all fruit crops, but its main tree is apple. The female has a broad oval body, with a length of 0.5 to 0.6 millimeters. The body of the male is more elongated, the insect has a reddish-brown color and long thin legs.

The pest avoids direct sunlight and populates mainly the middle and lower part of the tree.

Gall mites

Gall mites - These are vegetable parasites that often form galls or other damage to plant tissues. The gall mite is a microscopic parasite of yellow, purple or pinkish-white color. It has a round or spindly body and 4 pairs of legs. Insect spread by wind.

Gall mite gladly regales all fruit trees, but especially he is not indifferent to apple and pear trees.

Red Apple Tick

Red Apple Tick - Another pest that affects fruit trees. The length of the pest’s body barely reaches 0.6 millimeters, it’s hard not to notice: it has a bright red color. The larvae are born during the flowering of apple trees, and therefore it seems that the leaves of the tree are covered with a reddish bloom.

Settling on the leaves, the mites suck the juice out of them, which causes a violation of their water balance, leading to a decrease in the formation of chlorophyll and slowing down the processes of photosynthesis. This causes a weakening of the plant and is the main reason that it produces smaller fruits.

In places of strong insect accumulation galls are often formed, which are separately located swellings..

To avoid tick cultureit is recommended to clean the trees from the old bark in the springtime and carry out their liming. With massive infection can not do without wood treatment with insecticides, such as "Malathion" or "Trichlormetaphos".

In addition, it facilitates the destruction of ticks using drugs with translaminar properties that are able to penetrate into the tissues of trees to a small depth and do not spread through the vascular system. These drugs include "Abamectin", which has a neurotoxic effect on ticks.

Common Pear Copper

Common Pear Copper - a dangerous pest that sucks the sap from the leaves of a tree, causing them to curl and fall. The growth and development of the tree slows down, it starts to bear fruit worse, weakens and does not tolerate wintering.

With massive infection on the leaves of pear appears honeydewwhich is a fertile environment for development black mushrooms.

To reduce the likelihood of infection of the pear, it is recommended to clean it from dead bark, moss and lichen in spring. Prevent the spread of the pest will help timely insecticide spraying, such as "Karbofos", "Agrovertin" or "Decis".

Moths

Insects like mothsvery often visit our gardens. The most dangerous for pears are the eastern moth, pear moth and apple moth. Outwardly, these pests are very similar between crashing. The butterfly lays eggs inside the flower, and after its larvae are born, the damaged fruits dry and crumble.

Oriental moth

Oriental moth - a dangerous pest that damages the shoots and fruits of all garden crops. This tiny butterfly with wide rectangular wings. The body of the insect is colored dark blue.

The front wings are covered with silvery-white scales, forming subtle wavy transverse bands. Hind wings have a grayish brown color and a wide bone edge. The wingspan reaches 14 millimeters.

Pear moth

Pear moth - it is a moth monophage, it damages only the fruits of pears. The insect has a special passion for early varieties of pears, since their fruits have a softer skin.

The front wings of the moth are painted dark gray, and the rear wings are brownish gray. In July, insect mating occurs, after which the female lays eggs on pear fruits. The larva of the caterpillar gnaws a straight course in the fruit, biting into the seed chamber, gradually eats up all the seeds, which leads to its death.

Codling moth

Agricultural pest codling moth affects the fruits of garden crops such as apples, pears, peaches and plums. The butterfly has a grayish-brown color. The wingspan of an insect can reach 20 millimeters.

The moth lays greenish-white eggs with a diameter of not more than 1 millimeter. Each of us found in pears, apples or plums of tiny light pink caterpillars with brown heads, capable of quickly destroying the entire crop.

In the fight with moth moth excellent results are given by agrotechnical methods, which consist in the destruction of plant residues and the digging of the soil in the stalk zone. To reduce the likelihood of a pest spreading, it is necessary to remove falling fruits.

For this purpose, it is recommended to cover the trunk zone with covers, and to drop or take away fallen pears from the site. Good results and spraying trees with insecticides, such as Iskra, Karbofos and Fufanon.

As an option, you can use biological type insecticides, for example, "Lepidocide". The installation of trap belts will also eliminate the pest.

Subcrustary moth

Subcrustary moth affects almost all fruit trees, these are dangerous pests of the trunk of apple and pear. The insect is capable of infecting all parts of the tree, but especially sapwood, bark and cambium suffer from it, which leads to a decrease in tree growth rates and a decrease in its productivity.

When a pest appears, it is necessary to immediately start a war with it, since prolonged ignoring the problem can lead to the complete destruction of the tree.

For warning the appearance of the pest It is recommended to remove the dead bark from the tree every spring and carry out the liming of the trunks. Installing pheromone and light traps also gives good results.

Timely help protect the trees from pests spraying of organophosphorus compounds, mineral oils and pyrethroids.

Moth

Moth - This is another dangerous pest pear, which will not miss the opportunity to try other types of fruit trees. The moth lays eggs, from which then larvae appear about 15 millimeters long, damaging the fruits of pears, apples, plums and peaches.

Fruit Moth

Fruit Moth - a charming moth, but its larvae will ruthlessly devour your garden. A small pest can cause significant damage to garden trees. Damaged cultures grow poorly, become weak and their productivity decreases.

The larva of the pest reaches a length of about 5 millimeters, it has a dark green color. In places of accumulation of caterpillars on the leaves, the formation of round white mines. The pest eats away the flesh of the leaves and fruits, which causes their death.

Mining moths

No less dangerous and Mining moths. They hide in the leaves of the tubes. Caterpillars of moths are notable for their excellent appetite: they regale not only the leaves of the tree, but also love to gnaw the passages in the fruits of pears and apples, which leads to their falling off.

At the first signs of the appearance of moles, you must immediately declare war on her. Excellent results are obtained by timely cleaning of fallen leaves and spraying trees in the early spring with insecticidal preparations, such as "Zolon", "Metathion", "Nexion" and "Phosphamid".

Experienced gardeners are advised to spray the trees with bitter pepper extract and laundry soap.

Aphid

Aphid - This is the most frequent guest of our gardens. Many gardeners are annually forced to destroy aphid colonies. Aphids parasitize on plants, feeding on the vital sap of young shoots and infecting plants with dangerous phytoviruses.

Green aphid

Green aphid - These are ruthless pests of a pear that can lead to the death of a tree. Small insects, settling in the trees, multiply very quickly, the pest is especially not indifferent to young shoots and absorbs their juices with appetite.

Blood aphid

As the name implies blood aphid has a bright red color. The insect eats the juices of garden crops, and if you do not start fighting against the insects in time, the branches of the trees will be covered with ulcers, which can cause their death.

Until the aphids have multiplied, they destroy it mechanically, in other words, they crush it. But after the pest clings to the dense carpet of the branches and leaves of the plant, it is impossible to do without the use of insecticides.

For warning spreading aphid early spring trees treated with 25% powdered hexachlorane on phosphate rock or contribute 12% of hexachlorane dust to the ground.

Also an excellent folk remedy for aphids is considered sprinkling trees with soap and ash solutionwhich is safe for humans, but very dangerous for this small pest.

Flowerbed

Flowerbed - an insect not less widespread than a green aphid. The epidemic of the flower beetle invariably leads to the death of the crop. The color beetle beetle is an insect that is considered to be a dangerous pest that feeds on the juice of swollen buds of a pear or apple tree.

Pear flower eater

Pear flower eater - This is an insect from the order of beetles belonging to the weevil family. Such a beetle on a pear is a serious cause for concern.

He bites through the tight cups of flower buds, which have already had time to pour juice, but have not yet burst. This is a real delicacy for the color beetle beetle. The invasion of beetles is the reason that the tree refuses to bloom and as a result - does not bear fruit.

Apple Blossom

Apple Blossom outwardly very similar to his fellow pear tsvetoeda. This brownish-gray beetle, which has a long head trunk, which he uses to suck the juice from the kidneys. Adults feed on buds and leaves, while their larvae destroy only the flower buds of pears and apples.

Cleaning the bark in spring and liming the trunks will help stop the pest invasion. Also, good results will give the installation of glue belts.

Beetle, you can just try to shake off the tree crown on the bedspread, and then destroy. If the mechanical method did not produce results, then spray the plant with biological pesticides, such as "Decis" or "Kinmic".

Silkworm

Silkworm - a large moth that has a wingspan of up to 8 centimeters. The silkworm caterpillar reaches a length of 7 centimeters and has a dark gray or brown color.

Ringed silkworm

Ringed silkworm - a butterfly with a wingspan of 32 to 40 millimeters. The pest has a brick-brown or ocher-yellow color. The body of the insect is densely covered with hairs of a dark yellow shade. The larva in length can reach from 40 to 60 millimeters and has a gray-blue body, covered with dense hair.

The caterpillar damages almost all fruit and forest trees. If not to destroy the pest in time, he can completely devour the crown of the fodder tree.

Gypsy moth

Gypsy moth It feeds on more than 300 plant species, but its main dish is pear, oak, poplar and apple trees.

The wingspan of the female can reach 75 millimeters. The body of the insect is covered with thick brown hair, the wings are white, black zigzag stripes are applied on them.

The larva can reach a length of up to 75 millimeters, its body is covered with long brown hairs. It is very voracious, and therefore when an insect is detected, it is necessary to destroy it as soon as possible.

Coconut

Coconut - This is a large butterfly with a thick hairy body, with a large head and a comb-like mustache. The butterfly has a short life cycle and has an underdeveloped proboscis.

Insect lays eggs in groups. Coconut larvae are not very selective in food, and therefore are happy to absorb the leaves of all fruit trees and even pine needles.

Scar

Scar - common pest. Adult insects are very resistant to adverse factors, which allows them to tolerate a significant decrease in temperature.

Already after the adult insect is covered with a protective sheath, the effectiveness of the use of insecticides decreases sharply. Externally, the insect looks like an inverted comma, which is colored brown.

In early spring, before the appearance of the kidneys, plants treated with a solution of "DNOC"that allows you to destroy insect eggs in a timely manner. After larvae hatch out of eggs, it is recommended spray trees with insecticide contact actionFor this purpose, “Decis” or “Kinmic” is perfect.

The main role in preventing the infestation of trees by pests belongs to preventive agrotechnical measures, which consist in removing old bark, liming trunks, collecting and destroying pests nests and digging the soil around the trunk.Only attentive attitude to trees and timely pest control will help you to get a generous harvest of sweet and fragrant pears.