Insect and Mankind 10

What is the most common flower insect pest?

• Ants

• Aphids

• Thrips

• Mantis

How aphids damage flowers?

• Piercing plant tissues

• Transfer virus

• Excrete honeydew and contaminate the leaves

• Facilitate the pollination

What is the taxonomical place of banana stem borer?

• Butterfly

• Dragonfly

• Fly

• Beetle

How fruit-piercing moth damage fruits?

• Bite fruit skin

• Pierce fruit

• Transfer virus

• Lay eggs in fruit

How fruit borer get into lychee and longan?

• Adults of fruit borer insert eggs into fruits

• Adults of fruit borer bite and open fruits for their larvae

• Eggs are laid on tree branch and larvae bore into branches and fruits

• Eggs are laid on flower which allows the larvae to grow with fruits