Collecting all the information about raspberry pests and how to destroy them is only half the battle. It is necessary to carry out all agrotechnical manipulations on time.
Treatment of plants from parasites in the fall before the onset of winter
Many pests hibernate in fallen leaves, so it is most often recommended to process raspberries in the fall.
The raspberry mite is a microscopic pest, its shape is ovoid, there are two pairs of legs. Parasites live in leaves, making numerous passages and feeding on sap. On the leaves, in the place of feeding, galls appear (swelling and wrinkled surface). They endure the winter under the crusts of the buds, with the onset of spring, during blooming, they crawl into the leaves and suck the juice from the tissues.
Ways to fight. For prophylaxis, spray with the following preparations during autumn leaf fall: "Actellik", "Fufanon" or "Kemif". After flowering culture, repeat the procedure with the same preparations.
The common spider mite is a small arthropod that feeds on sap. The shape of the body is oval, the color is reddish with an orange tint. They spend the winter under the remnants of vegetation and under the bark of plants. In spring they appear on the leaves, suck out the juice.
Damaged foliage turns yellow, deforms and dries up.
Methods of struggle. Spraying the bushes when a parasite is detected and always in the autumn before the onset of winter with one of these means: "Kemifos", "Lightning", or "Fitoverm".
Handling raspberries from an earwig
The common earwig is a large pest (13-20 mm). It has two pairs of wings, running legs, a narrow body, and a gnawing mouth apparatus on its head. In the daytime, it hides under foliage or in the bark. It feeds on the remains of vegetation, harms developing plants, gnawing buds, twigs, leaves, flowers.
Control measures. Insecticidal treatments: Kemifos, Inta-Vir, Fufanon or Aktellik.
Spraying plants from variegated filly
The insect is small, the front dorsum is wide, the hind tibia have dense tetrahedral spines. The front wings are brownish-yellow in color with spots. It feeds on the juice of various herbs, lives on bushes, including raspberries.
Ways to fight. Preventive manipulations in the form of spraying during the regrowth of leaves and at the end of flowering with one of the following means: "Aktara", "Actellik", "Fufanon", "Kemifos". Before spraying raspberries from parasites, the risk to human health should be considered.
Treatment of plants in the summer from the harmful insect keel
The parasite called red-backed keel is similar to a large bug, the body length of which is 12-17 mm. The color is yellowish-green with small black specks, the body is red underneath. The larvae are small, outwardly similar to adult insects.
Ways to fight. In the summertime, it is necessary to carry out preventive treatment with Kinmiks, Inta-Vir, and Fufanon. With a large number of keels, re-irrigation is carried out with the same means.
Carrying out protective measures for raspberries from the red-bug
The treatment of the plant should be carried out as soon as the snow melts. The redclop is a sucking insect. The body is red and all other parts are black. There is a red rim on the abdomen. In winter, they hide in the bark of trees, under the litter, in the dry branches of bushes.
With the onset of spring, they creep out to the surface, forming large companies that can be seen in sunny places. In May, females lay eggs on plants. The juice of the leaves is used for food.
Ways to fight. In the spring, spraying is carried out with any of these preparations: "Actellik", "Kemifos".
Harmful insects attacking remontant raspberries in the spring
In the spring, insect pests strongly affect raspberries. Particularly dangerous are parasites that simply settle on remontant raspberries.
The raspberry-strawberry weevil is a black beetle covered with hairs. It has a thin, slightly curved proboscis. The larvae have a grayish-white color, a curved abdomen.
Strawberries, raspberries, and rosaceous plants suffer from the weevil. In the spring they feed on foliage.
Young bugs appear in July and use the leaves for their food. In the fall they crawl away for the winter.
Methods of struggle. In the spring, the bushes are sprayed when the buds open and about 14 days before flowering with Fufanon, you can use the analogs of Kemifos or Karbofos. With numerous attacks, some berry bushes are sprayed with the same means. You can use "Kinmix", "Aktellik".
Fruit beetle refers to weevils. The body is completely covered with scales of a light golden color. Larvae are thick with legs, wings and proboscis. The insect eats bushes of raspberries, currants, gooseberries, cherries and apricots.
Control measures. Preventive measures are carried out in the form of spraying in the spring as soon as the buds bloom with the help of drugs: "Actellik", "Fufanon".
List of raspberry pests and how to deal with them
In nature, there are other insects that harm raspberries.
The raspberry flea is a small black bug with a blue tint. Can jump perfectly. Harmful in July by eating leaves. Harms raspberries, sometimes honeysuckle.
Pest control. In the spring, plants are treated with "Fufanon". If there are a lot of flea beetles, then you can repeat the spraying in the summer.
Hidden head is a small two-spotted beetle with a shortened body. The elytra are black with a large reddish-yellow spot. The legs, head and front of the back are black. In May-June, it gnaws leaves on ornamental bushes.
Methods of struggle. Collection of beetles by hand and their destruction, treatment with drugs: "Iskra", "Kemifos", "Inta-Vir".
Rescuing raspberries from sawers
There are several types of sawers.
The forest raspberry sawfly is a pest with transparent wings.
Fighting the parasite consists in the spring preventive treatment with drugs: "Kinmiks", "Kemifos", "Iskra". With a large number of larvae, spraying is repeated in the summer.
The yellow-winged sawfly is a hymenoptera pest, its head is black-blue, the abdomen is yellow-brown. The larvae are greenish, the head is yellow-green. Adult insects fly in May-July, eggs are left on raspberry leaves.
Fight against the parasite. Processing before flowering and after harvesting in autumn with one of the means: "Fufanon", "Aktellik".
Folk remedies for pests
Not all pests can be used with safe home remedies. The fight is carried out in the fall using infusions from the tops of tomatoes, marigolds and other means.
Raspberry gum is a small pest with a black body and a thin belly.
Pest control. Periodically cut and destroy shoots with galls. Treatment for prophylaxis in the spring during the blooming of leaves with the means "Fufanon" or "Kemifos". An effective method is dusting with tobacco dust.
The raspberry fly appears in May-June. A harmful insect of brownish-gray color.
Pest control. Spray branches and soil before flowering with Kemifos or Fufanon. Cleaning and destruction of dead branches, thinning of shrubs. As a folk remedy, you can use laundry soap, from which a solution is made for processing.
Stem gall midge is a small insect in the form of a mosquito. The body is blackish, the back is brown with noticeable hairs of a pale yellow color.
Control methods similar as with raspberry nut-making. From folk remedies, gardeners use spraying with tincture from the deciduous mass of tomato bushes.
Protection of fruits from invasions of moths
The most difficult defense of a plant against various types of moths, as it flies over long distances.
The baby moth is a tiny butterfly that feeds and develops in mid-summer and October. Eats mostly blackberries.
Fighting the parasite. It is used for processing before the beginning of flowering and at the end of the collection of berries with the preparations "Kemifos" or "Fufanon".
The bud moth is a small butterfly that flies during the flowering of raspberry bushes. Harmful to the crop, damaging the stem of the berries.
Disposal methods. Cutting out old and weak branches, cleaning up the remnants of vegetation. When spraying, the same preparations are used.
The monochromatic moth is a tiny butterfly. The caterpillars of the moth feed on leaves.
Getting rid of the pest. The same preventive manipulations.
Autumn activities to get rid of the moth
Harm garden plots in the caterpillar stage.
Smoky brown-gray and common birch are pests in the form of butterflies. Caterpillars feed on leaves, destroying plants.
Control measures. Spraying is carried out by "Fufanon", "Kinmiks", "Kemifos", "Iskra".
List of other raspberry pests
- Ground scoop gray damages plants such as raspberries, blueberries, rose hips and others. Spraying is carried out with the same preparations as in the fight against moths.
- Bitter scoop harm fruits and seedlings by destroying leaves. When dealing with them, use the same means.
- Golden scoop eats buds and young deciduous mass. Treatment with Kemifos or Fufanon preparations.
- Garden brownish-gray damages raspberries, blueberries, bushes. For processing, you can use the same tools.
- Bear girl feeds on strawberry, raspberry, nettle leaves; caterpillars on willow and poplars can be seen. Spraying is carried out with the same preparations.
- Blackish fathead damages dense plantings of blackberries and raspberries. The preventive measures are the same.
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