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Crop Protection :: Neerium

Common Indian Crow butterfly: Euploea core 
Symptom of damage

  • Caterpillar feed on the leaves
  • Defoliation

Identification of the pest

  • Larva is blackish brown, striped with six tentacles, two near the anterior and posterior ends
  • Adult is black butterfly with a series of white spots on the margin of the wing.

Management

  • Hand picking and destruction of caterpillar
  • Alternate Cropping
  • Spray phosalone 35 EC 1 ml/lit
  • Encourage predatory birds by erecting bird perches.
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Larva
Pupa
Adult
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