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Crop Protection :: Pest of Glory lilly

Red Hairy Caterpillar: Amsacta lactinea
Symptoms of damage

  • Larvae feed voraciously on leaves
  • Similar to grazing of cattle
  • Moth emerge after monsoon
Management
  • Hand picking of larvae
  • Collection of egg masses
  • Summer ploughing
  • Bon fire
  • Spray 2.5 kg of carbaryl in 625 lit of water/ha
  • Poison baiting
Larva
Adult
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