Background: This insect trapping surface is embedded with microscopic hooks of various sizes that will trap bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) by impaling their legs. Despite aggressive pest control efforts bed bug infestation rates have dramatically increased since the 1980s and infestations are particularly difficult to control in densely populated urban areas. Available bed bug control techniques involve localized insecticide fumigation or introducing a fungus (Beauveria bassiana) lethal to the bed bug.
This is a manual using pictures only to describe how the neem tree can be used for crop protection.
The spotted stalk borer is a pest in the coastal provinces of East Africa, Sudan, Malawi, India and Thailand. It is a pest of hot lowland areas and is seldom found above an altitude of 1500m.
The African armyworm is widespread throughout Africa, Asia and Western Australia. It is not a serious pest except in outbreak years. Outbreaks often follow late rains in the hot season.
Aphid problems are most common in temperate regions. However, aphids are also present in warmer subtropical areas and sometimes in wet tropical areas.
The diamondback moth caterpillar is a world-wide pest that can cause severe damage especially in dry, hot weather. Its high breeding rate causes problems of resistance to insecticides so alternative methods of control are needed.
