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Crop Protection :: Pests of Lab Lab
Blue butterfly: Lampides boeticus

Symptoms of damage

  • Buds, flowers and young pods with boreholes
  • Presence of slug like caterpillar.
  • Honey dew secretion with black ant movements
Identification of the pest
  • Larva – It is flat and slightly rounded; Pale green with a rough skin.
  • Adult - moth is greyish blue with prominent black spots in the hind wings and a long tail; Ventral side of wings with numerous stripes and brown spots

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