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Identification and control of tea inchworm

Published: 2024-11-05 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/05, Inchworm, commonly known as foot worms, is an insect of the family Lepidoptera and Geometridae. There are many kinds of inchworm in the tea garden, mainly including paulownia inchworm, silver inchworm, gray inchworm and Camellia oleifera inchworm. Among them, paulownia inchworm occurs most frequently, and it is also called big inchworm, which is the largest type of inchworm occurring in the tea garden. it harms the larvae, eats a lot of food and hosts, and in serious cases, eats all the buds of the tea garden to form a smooth rod. The adult worm is silvery gray, with a body length of 20ml 25mm and a wingspan of 50mi 70mm. The wing surface is densely covered with black dots, and the forewing has three distinct yellow strips.

Inchworm, commonly known as walking insects, is an insect of the family Lepidoptera and Geometridae. There are many kinds of inchworm in the tea garden, mainly including paulownia inchworm, silver inchworm, gray inchworm and Camellia oleifera inchworm. Among them, paulownia inchworm occurs most frequently, and it is also called big inchworm, which is the largest type of inchworm occurring in the tea garden. it harms the larvae, eats a lot of food and hosts, and in serious cases, eats all the buds of the tea garden to form a smooth rod. The adult worm is silver-gray, with a body length of 20mil 25mm and a wingspan of 50mil 70mm. It has black dots on the wing surface, three distinct yellow-brown ripples on the front wing, two ripples on the rear wing, and an enlarged belly of the female moth with a bunch of yellow villi at the end. The color of the larva varies greatly, and varies with the habitat environment. The length of the larval body is up to 70 mm, and the head is sunken in the center. There are a pair of protruding starting points on the back of the 4th and 5th segments of the abdomen of the body, and a pair of hornlike protuberances on the head of the pupa. The egg is oval, 0.7 ~ 0.8 mm long, bright green at first birth, and then light green, covered with yellow villi. The adults of this insect like to live in tall trees or poles or buildings less than 1 foot in the vicinity of the tea garden during the day, and the larvae eat much more from the 4th instar, showing protective color and mimicry.

The following methods can be used to control the large inchworm:

1. Biological control. Use polyhedrosis virus preparation (such as Aolu No. 1) or Bacillus thuringiensis preparation (BT).

2. Catch adults. The focus is on the peak period of adults in the overwintering generation in April, and the capture is organized in the early morning.

3. Kill the pupae. Can be combined with tillage pipe, fertilization, etc., with small teeth rake pupae will be collected or buried deep under the soil.

4. Spray prevention and cure. Control agents can choose Uranus, poisonous chlorine, kung fu, farm music and so on.

 
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