Hairy deer - flower beetle in the garden and flower bed

Effective methods of control

If we talk about a “home medicine cabinet,” then literally in every house or apartment you can find components from which a remedy for mealybugs can be easily prepared. If you find single insects or cotton-like cocoons (laying eggs), you need to thoroughly wipe the affected area with a swab moistened with vodka. Spraying the leaves with soap or oil spray leads to the destruction of not only a single insect, but the entire colony. The appearance of white, fluffy, shaggy wet new growths on the ficus benjamina in the places where the leaf grows, near the petiole, requires treatment with a soap-alcohol tincture.

The scale spreads very quickly

• Make laundry soap (1 tsp) and dissolve in 1 liter of boiling water. Add 1 tbsp to the cooled soap solution. alcohol (or 2 tbsp vodka). Preventing the composition from getting into the soil, treat the plant by spraying.
• Medical alcohol (20 ml), dissolved in 1000 ml of water with added 20 g of liquid soap, is also suitable for washing leaves and then spraying the plant.
• Do not overuse fertilizing. The parasitic insect loves soils rich in nitrogen.
• If a scale insect is found on a phalaenopsis, a nearby plant is examined: it has either infected the flower itself, or is at risk of being infected by the orchid. Therefore, a diseased plant, window sills, hanging shelves for flowers, glass on windows and other places are subject to wet disinfection.

How to deal with hairy alenka: chemical protection

Our attention was drawn to the drug Calypso 480 SC, hp, a systemic insecticide whose highly effective active ingredient, thiacloprid, has a contact and intestinal effect. Thanks to its special mechanism of action, the drug to combat hairy alenka can be used at any time, because it is completely safe for bees

This is the only insecticide that can be used during flowering in industrial perennial plantings. It is registered in the current national “List of Pesticides...”.

For several years we have been researching the effectiveness of the drug Calypso 480 SC, b.s. in the process of combating industrial plantings of apple trees with hairy alenka and other pests in the flowering phase.

The apple orchard was founded in 1986. Planting density - 5x4 m. Crown shape - round, sparse, tiered. Trees of the varieties Glory to the winners and Renet Simirenko. The rootstock is a seedling of the Antonovka vulgaris variety. The terrain is flat, the soil on the site is low-humus, typically leached chernozem (humus content - 3.1-3.5%, pH - 5.6-6.2; P2O5 - 8-39 mlg / 100 g of soil; K2O - 6. 2-11.9 mlg/100 g soil).

The trees were sprayed in the pink bud phase (variety Renet Simirenko) and in the flowering phase (variety Slava Pobediteley) with an OPS-2000 tractor sprayer in calm weather from 12 to 15 o’clock in the afternoon, when there was no precipitation. The consumption rate of the working solution to combat hairy alenka is 1000 l/ha.

During the entire period (about 25 days), from the beginning of the bud opening until the end of flowering of fruit trees (with a consumption rate of 0.25 l/ha), this drug destroyed many pests in the garden. Thus, damage to flowers of fruit trees by hairy alenka did not exceed 1.2-1.9%, and by western May beetle - 1.6-2.1%; The death rate of caterpillars of leaf rollers, aphids, rose leafhoppers, and psyllids reached 100%. Damage to buds and flowers of trees by the apple flower beetle did not exceed 0.4-0.9%, and damage to fruits by apple and pear sawflies amounted to 0.9-1.2%.

The use of this method of combating hairy alenka made it possible to obtain an increase in the yield of apples and pears (compared to the control without treatment with the drug) by 137.2-168.4 c/ha and 142.6-172.9 c/ha, respectively.

Why is Shaggy Alenka dangerous?

Hairy Alenka is an obscenely omnivorous beetle. It is dangerous both to trees and shrubs, and to herbaceous plants. Alenka gnaws the inflorescences of fruit trees, roses, rose hips, rowan, serviceberry, horse chestnut, viburnum, lilac, privet, elderberry, golden currant, black currant, oleaster, peony, poppy, radish, rapeseed, mustard, cabbage, beets, flax, rhubarb , cucumbers, watermelons, melons, beans, soybeans, beans, alfalfa, barley, millet panicle, corn and other plants. On grapes, the beetle gnaws buds, ovaries and young leaves. Alenka causes the greatest harm during summer and mating.

What to do if there are caterpillars on rosehip leaves

If there are caterpillars on a rosehip, the first thing to do is to correctly identify the pest and carry out treatment against it. The following describes how to eliminate caterpillars on rosehip leaves if the plant is affected by a large number of lancets.

Maple shooter.

Acronicta aceris L. is a butterfly with grayish wings with a span of 35-45 mm. The caterpillar is up to 50 mm long, covered with large tufts of long yellow-red hairs located along the back in two rows. In the middle of the back there is a row of large diamond-shaped spots surrounded by a black border. The pupa is dark brown, in a cobweb cocoon. The caterpillars feed from June to September, damaging the leaves of maples and many hardwoods and shrubs. Occasionally found on rose hips.

Control measures. Collection and destruction of single caterpillars. In case of large numbers, spraying is carried out with one of the following drugs: fufanon, kemifos, actellik, kinmiks, spark, Inta-Vir.

Small shooter.

Small shooter Apatele strigosa Schiff. (syn. Acronicta strigosa F.) is a butterfly with violet-gray forewings. In the middle of the wings there is a yellow-gray spot with a black border on the inside. The hind wings are gray. The body is thick, wedge-shaped, the abdomen is narrowed towards the end, the thoracic part is covered with long dense hairs.

The caterpillars are green, with a uniform red-brown dorsal side and small light warts. The flight of butterflies is observed in July-August; after fertilization, females lay eggs on the leaves of trees and shrubs.

Control measures. The same as against maple shooter.

Psi shooter.

Acronicta psi L. (syn. Apatele psi L.) is a butterfly with gray wings that have a span of 36-40 mm. The front wings have a brownish tint and black strokes at the base and on the outer field, the hind wings are gray-brown, darker at the edges. The caterpillar is black, up to 40 mm long, on the fourth segment it has a long, pointed bump, and on the eleventh segment there is a small tubercle, the back is light yellow, on the sides there are white-gray stripes with short red stripes, the leg line is white. The cone is covered with short black hairs, and the entire body is covered with sparse gray hairs. Butterflies fly in July-September, caterpillars feed on the leaves of fruit trees and shrubs, as well as deciduous trees.

Control measures. Collection and destruction of single caterpillars. In case of large numbers, spraying is carried out with one of the drugs: Fufanon, Kemifos, Kinmiks, Actellik, Inta-Vir, taking into account the waiting period.

Pest in gardens – Alenka Mohnataya

This pest is also called Olenka or Bronzovka shaggy. It is named so because its abdomen is covered with thick hairs; on the back there are much fewer of them and are practically invisible. One or two beetles won't do anything to your garden, but their infestation can leave you without a single fruit.

The beetles appear in early spring and initially feed on the pistils and stamens of the first flowering plants; with the appearance of flowers on fruit trees, they move on to them. Eggs are laid in the soil, usually in places where there are a lot of fallen leaves or rotting grass. This is what the larvae feed on, and this is where they remain for the winter.

Previously, Alenka shaggy lived in the southern regions of the European part of Russia, but now it has spread to cooler areas. It is found not only in the middle zone, but also in the northern regions.

Fighting methods

There is no ideal way. However, there are several remedies that can significantly reduce the number of pests. You can fight it manually, collecting beetles and destroying them, using chemicals or using installed traps.

The use of chemicals is difficult due to the fact that the simultaneous destruction of both harmful and beneficial insects occurs. As a result of this, it may turn out that the owner of the garden will be left without any fruit at all.

In addition, using chemicals in direct sunlight is fraught with unpleasant consequences, for example, the death of the plant itself, and the beetles hide in the ground at night. The only option is to spray the tree trunk circles, which will help destroy those that are hidden in the soil.

You can turn to nature, make infusions according to folk recipes from plants and spray trees with them. For example, Dandelion root, Tansy, Garlic, Tobacco, Horseradish root and other similar plants are very effective against pests.

It is interesting that flowers of blue, purple, red and other bright colors are not damaged by Alenka shaggy, but it easily falls into blue or purple traps. It is very simple to build a trap; you need to take a bucket or other container of the above-mentioned color, pour water into it and place it in the garden. Drowned beetles can simply be thrown away.

You can manually collect beetles and destroy them. On cloudy days or early in the morning, when they are still inactive, you can shake them off the fruit trees onto a spread of polyethylene and destroy them. You can spray the tree with cold water first to prevent them from flying away.

Do not forget that the larvae of Alenka shaggy are future beetles, so they need to be dealt with first. Do not leave fallen leaves on the ground, get rid of rotting wood and fill up hollows in trees. It is in these places that larvae are most often found.

Insecticides to help the gardener

In search of how to get rid of a parasitic insect, they resort to the help of “chemistry”. Before using this or that substance, you need to reliably make sure that the pest is really a mealybug. A photo of this particular insect will help identify the parasite.

Pest control, especially at an advanced stage of plant damage, will be most successful with the use of combined-action chemicals that kill not only adult insects, but also egg laying and larvae. These are so-called insecticides (systemic). The drugs are able to penetrate inside the plant. Moving along the canal system, they reach its top and roots. Therefore, wherever the mealybug is, it will begin to feed on the poisoned juice and then die.

Mealybugs in the roots can only be destroyed with chemicals

White, fluffy, shaggy, wet new growths on ficus benjamina are sprayed with Mosplan. You can use Actelik, characterized by enteric contact action. Each instant mixture must be prepared following the instructions included in the instructions. On dracaena, continue treatment at intervals of 4 days until the scale insect is completely destroyed.

To treat decorative floral greens, you can alternately use Fazalon and Fitoverm for mealybugs. The latest preparation of the biological series of IV generation insecticides. They can cure diseases of orchids caused not only by scale insects, but also by aphids, as well as other harmful organisms.

A number of chemical reagents are supplemented by Mospilan, Konfidor-maxi, Ponche. They are diluted simply: 1 g of substance per 1000 ml of water. The plants are not watered too much with these solutions. To prevent the pest from getting used to one poison, watering is repeated after 7 days, but with Spirotetramat or Aplaud (from a series of new drugs). The time of exposure of the mealybug to different chemicals differs. But, ultimately, the dried bodies of killed insects are always found on the ground in a flower pot.

What does an affected tree look like?

The first sign of a tree being damaged by the apple blossom beetle is buds that do not open in time. The affected areas are easy to notice against the background of a green plant. They have an unpleasant brown color and extremely painful appearance. Also, affected kidneys may secrete juice, this is especially noticeable in sunny weather. At the same time, if you look closely at the affected part of the tree, you will notice a small hole through which the beetle laid eggs.

At the end of the flowering period, flower beetle weevils can gnaw on the foliage, leaving characteristic openwork holes. If you ignore the damage to a tree, you may be left without a harvest, since insects multiply quite quickly and infest the entire garden.

Hairy deer how to fight

It is possible to fight the hairy bronze or fawn. There are several methods:

1. Collection by hand. It is labor-intensive and not very effective, but if there is not a large amount of pest, it is quite possible;
2. Organize "swimming pools". Water is poured into basins, buckets, and bowls of blue color (it has been noted that this is the color that attracts the pest) to 1/3 full and placed around the garden and near the flower bed. The insect flies into the container and drowns;
3. The “soul” method is also based on the action of water. The body of the beetle is hairy. A wet beetle cannot fly; its hairs stick to its body. In case of a mass attack of the pest, bushes and flowers are sprayed with clean water. The beetle gets wet, cannot take off and is shaken off to the ground. Then they either collect or crush. Such an event must be carried out several times a day;
4. Organize bait feeders. In the garden, sawdust mixed with animal manure is placed on a pile. Compact (imitate soil). Sexually mature beetles happily lay eggs in a pile. By autumn, a huge number of them gather. In the fall, the pile is unrolled and the larvae are destroyed;
5. Plow the soil in the fall. The beetle is not located deeply, up to 40 cm. If you plow the land in autumn or dig up the soil, you can significantly reduce the pest population;
6. Attract birds. Starlings are very good at feasting on hairy fawn. Invite birds into the garden - hang birdhouses;
7. Treatment with biological products (Boverin, Pecilomin). The components of the preparations are spores and mycelium of microscopic fungi. Once on the beetle's body, they germinate and lead to death. In addition, one beetle infects another and significantly reduces the population. The preparations can be sprayed on plants or applied to the soil, as well as to the manure heap;
8. Treatment of bushes and flower gardens with Calypso poison. The drug is effective because its action occurs by contact and intestinal type. Thiacloprid is the main active ingredient. Penetrating through contact and with food, the toxin paralyzes the insect, which leads to death. To be effective, the poison must get either onto the body of the beetle or onto the leaf. By eating the green parts of the plant, the insect dies.

The hairy deer, or bronze deer, in some regions turns out to be a very aggressive pest. Before hyacinths have time to show their beauty, the pest eats into their “insides” and destroys them. The flower quickly loses its decorative effect. Bronzovka does not spare daffodils, and then moves on to peonies and irises. The orchard also does not remain unattended by the beetle and the yield is significantly reduced.

Timely application of all possible methods will help curb the growth of the beetle population. However, one is not a warrior in the field. It’s good if your dacha neighbors love their plants just like you and are ready to fight the pest with all possible means. Using a set of products, you can get rid of shaggy bronze hair in a few years.

Spring is approaching - the time when nature comes to life, awakens after a long winter sleep. However, with the first plants, insect pests also appear and feed on them. One of the first to emerge from wintering is the hairy bronze beetle, a beetle known to many gardeners as the hairy deer beetle. This is a malicious pest that eats the buds, flowers and ovaries of many plants. Considering the massive invasion of bronze beetles last year, it is advisable to prepare in advance to combat it.

The deer is classified as a member of the genus Lamelidae and is a relative of the well-known May beetle. The adult insect is relatively small - 8-13 mm in length, the body is matte black with white or yellowish spots, the pattern of which is very variable. However, the main morphological feature, due to which the hairy deer got its name, is the presence of grayish-yellow hairs on its body: sparse on the back, and thick and long on the abdomen, especially on the sides.

As a result, flowers and buds fall off and the tree does not bear fruit. This pest feeds on clear sunny days, and hides in the ground at night, during rain and cold. The fawn is therefore polyphagous, damaging many flowering plants, and yet has a very good appetite.

The harmfulness of this insect during the years of mass reproduction is colossal. Having finished feeding, it lays eggs in nutritious moist soil, manure piles and rotting parts of plants. The eggs hatch into thick, curved larvae that feed on humus and other decaying lean matter. Having finished feeding, the larva creates an earthen cocoon in which it pupates. The young, fully formed beetle remains in the cocoon for the winter.

Alenka is furry and how to deal with it

For the last two or three years, Ukrainian gardeners have had a real “headache” - a beetle with an unusual name - “Alenka shaggy” (“Olenka shaggy”), or in other words - a bronze beetle that eats exclusively the flowers of fruit trees and bushes.

Hairy alenka (Epicometis hitra Poda) is a matte black beetle, 8-12 mm long and 6-8 mm wide. A well-defined longitudinal groove runs through the middle of the pronotum. There are 12 white spots of varying sizes on the wings of the insect. Scientists do not know why this beetle was called by the female name Alenka, nor do they know a safe and effective way to combat it.

The outbreak of its reproduction is associated with a change in the rhythm of solar activity. The influence of this and other factors on the development of the pest was the basis for scientific research that was carried out at the Mlievsky Institute of Horticulture named after L.P. Simirenko UAAS during 2000-2005.

In warm weather, beetles fly from the flowers of various herbaceous (dandelions, tulips, daffodils) and woody plants, inhabited by them after leaving their wintering grounds, to flowering trees of fruit crops (apricot, peach, sweet cherry, cherry, plum, pear), feed on flowers, eating stamens and pistils. If you touch an adult insect, it will defend itself by secreting a yellow liquid with an unpleasant odor. In cloudy cold weather, during rain and at night, beetles are not active; they hide in the soil. With a high number of beetles and weak flowering of fruit trees, the amount of ovary on them is significantly reduced.

One-year generation. Females lay eggs in compost pits, manured soil or rotted leaves in shelterbelts. The eggs hatch into white larvae with three pairs of legs, feeding on humus and undecomposed organic remains. Unlike the larvae of May beetles, the larvae of hairy alenka do not damage the roots of fruit and berry crops. In the fall they pupate, and in the same year adults hatch and do not emerge.

The pest is distributed everywhere, but is more often found in the steppe and forest-steppe fruit growing zones of Ukraine. Their development occurs in soil with a large amount of plant humus along the edges of forests, in shelterbelts, inaccessible areas and in well-manured areas.

In specialized gardening and farming enterprises, where protective measures are carried out in a timely manner and in full, hairy alenka is absent. It can be found in gardens of the private sector, as well as in country and collective gardening farms.

The first of the bronze beetles appears on flowering trees and shrubs and feeds on flowers until the end of flowering.

Some species would deserve a more poetic description if it were not for the fact that they flew into flowering trees and shrubs into gardens and caused significant harm to them in some years. They are most harmful in the steppe and forest-steppe zones.

Control measures:

It is possible to defeat Alenka. Even before the garden blooms, experts advise treating the soil under the tree with chemicals. After all, the furry insect overwinters in the ground. It hides there in the rain and at night. They also say that Alenka does not like purple and blue. Gardeners put out buckets of water and the beetles become trapped.

As some publications report, in the 50s of the XX century. An effective means of combating hairy deer was to inoculate the soil with hexachlorane dust. The preparation was embedded to a depth of 3-5 cm. When the beetles came into contact with dust particles in the soil, they died. At that time, the use of DDT and HCH dusts was considered a progressive method of pest control - these drugs, although environmentally hazardous, replaced in those years more toxic insecticides based on arsenic and fluorine. In modern conditions they are not used. To combat the larval stage of pests whose development is associated with the soil (beetles, wireworms), insecticides are used in nurseries and young gardens of specialized gardening and farming enterprises - regent 20 g or force 1.5 g.

In the private sector, to reduce the number and harmfulness of the phytophage in the garden, beetles are shaken off flowering trees onto a spread film and then destroyed. Beetles are attracted to the blue color and this can also be used to collect and kill them. For example, under flowering trees they place containers (blue bowls, pans or buckets with water infused with them from preparations - Aktara 240 SC, Enzhio 247 SC, e.g., Decis Pro 25th Century or Calypso 480 SC, ks Instead of landing on flowers, adults fall into containers and die.

In general, fighting the beetle is difficult. To identify the pest, it is necessary to carefully inspect the damaged plants during the flowering period and, if a beetle is detected, carry out the following measures:

- in the fall, burn fallen leaves and rotting wood in areas

- heal hollows in trees, as larvae accumulate in them

— in small areas, an effective means of combating hairy deer is to manually collect the beetles or shake them off the branches onto the litter, followed by burning them. To make it easier to shake off the beetle from the branches, you need to first spray the trees with cold water, which will cause the beetle to numb and it will not be able to take off.

- deer are attracted to purple and blue colors, which must be used when making beetle traps: place blue containers near trees filled with water with the addition of drugs: Actara 240 SC, Decis Pro or Calypso 480 SC.

These solutions can be applied to the tree trunks early in the morning on cool days, when the beetles are inactive.

When massively populating trees, they need to be treated three times with an interval of 7 days with solutions of drugs: Aktara 240 SC - 1.5 ml per 10 l of water, Decis Pro - 1 g per 10 l of water, Calypso 480 SC - 2 ml per 10 l of water.

In general, according to the publication 10sotok.com.ua, the use of most known insecticides in the “pink bud” - flowering phases is impossible due to their toxicity to bees. Therefore, our attention was drawn to the drug Calypso 480 k.e. as a means of combating Lenka furry. Due to the peculiarities of its mechanism of action, it is of little danger to bees and, moreover, is the only insecticide in the national “List of Pesticides ..” approved for use in gardens during flowering. At a consumption rate of 0.25 l/ha, its high efficiency was maintained for 25 days (from the beginning of buds to the end of flowering). Damage to flowers by Alenka hairy did not exceed 1.2-1.9%; at the same time, Western May beetle was present - 0.4-1%; the death of caterpillars of leaf rollers, aphids, leafhoppers, and psyllids reached 100%. The yield of apple and pear trees compared to the control (without treatment) increased by 137-170.1 c/ha and 143-173 c/ha, respectively

...and chemical

Insecticides - toxic substances used to eliminate insect pests - are considered the most popular and effective remedy against hairy deer.

Destruction of larvae. To destroy the larvae that live in the soil and plan to turn into pupae, professional gardeners recommend using the preparations “Regent” (20 g) or “Force” (1.5 g). With their help, you can eliminate not only the larvae of the bronze beetle, but also future beetles and wireworms, whose nymphs live underground

It is important to carry out this action before the trees begin to flower.

Destruction of adults. With imagoes things are much more complicated. Therefore, to at least partially destroy them, gardeners prepare special traps. They are containers of water in which poisons are dissolved. In addition to the above-mentioned “Aktara”, it can be the drug “Decis pro” or “Calypso”. For a similar purpose, you can use the insecticide “Engio”. In fact, the trap works like this: beetles, attracted by the color of the water, flock to the vessel and come into contact with the poisoned liquid. Immediately after this, the death of the pest occurs.

From larva to adult

Adult hairy deer beetles love sunny days. When it rains, they do not crawl out of the soil, which they use as a shelter from moisture. Adults emerge from the ground only in early spring. The massive flight of these pests begins in late spring and continues until the end of June. The beetles fly from place to place, along the way carrying fruit and berry crops and flowers encountered on their way.

The mating period is highly dependent on weather conditions. Each female beetle lays an average of 15 eggs. The location for laying, as a rule, is located near rodent burrows.

1. Egg. It develops and takes the shape of a ball. About a week after the female lays eggs, a larva appears.
2. Larva. The food for the larvae is detritus - the remains of animals and their waste products. That is, the hairy deer does not pose any danger to plants in this phase. The future beetle remains in the form of a larva for two months. Towards the end of this period, the nymph glues together a protective cocoon from the earth, and after a couple of days it turns into a pupa.
3. Doll. The duration of the third phase of development usually does not exceed two weeks.
4. Imago. The beetle emerging from the cocoon uses this armor for hibernation. It is noteworthy that only sexually mature individuals are capable of overwintering. For the previous three phases, wintering is an unaffordable luxury. The period of winter dormancy lasts about 9 months, after which spring comes - and young beetles crawl out of the ground for the first time.

Full sister of the shaggy Turanian fawn. The latter is distinguished by larger dimensions and longer hairs on the body.

Western May beetle (Melolonthamelolontha L)

In the spring, blackberries begin a rapid period of growth and flowering. Khrushchev finds berry plants and infects them, which can cause violent falling of leaves, ovaries, and flowers.

Even greater damage occurs from the larvae of the cockchafer, which damage the roots of the plant by gnawing them.

For the winter, adults hide in the soil. And in the spring there comes a fertile time for them, a massive summer of the cockchafer, especially when the plants bloom profusely. During this period, leaves become the main source of food for blackberry pests. Large clutches of larvae can also be found in the soil, at a depth of approximately 40 cm.

It takes about three years for the pest larvae to fully develop. All this time they feed on humus, causing damage to the roots, which is why the plants begin to wither very quickly and then die. By the summer of the fourth year, beetle larvae begin to pupate at a depth of 60 cm. And after another 40 days, beetles will hatch from them, which will remain in the soil until next spring.

Control measures:

• If you are just going to plant blackberry bushes, then a preventative measure to combat blackberry would be to soak the roots of the seedlings for 30 minutes in a 0.65 Aktara solution.
• The drugs Antikhrushch and Konfidor are quite effective during the growing season. It is enough to treat the soil around the bushes with solutions and water them.
• Some gardeners successfully use iodine against beetleworm. Iodine solution - 20-25 drops per bucket of water - water the plants at the roots.
• Sowing green manure such as mustard between the rows of blackberries is of great benefit. The mustard root secretions are not to the liking of the beetles, they leave this place.
• Starlings are a good help in fighting Khrushchev. Don't be lazy, hang birdhouses around the garden. The starlings will destroy all the cockchafers, which means there will soon be no beetles. True, starlings are not averse to eating cherries, but it’s up to you to choose what is more expensive.

Hairy bronze fawn, hairy deer

The hairy bronze beetle, hairy deer, or simply the hairy deer (Tropinota hirta) is a beetle from the lamellar beetle family. The hairy bronzer lives in places with a warm climate, in Europe and Western Asia. The hairy stag beetle lives on the edges of forests, in clearings and meadows with a rich selection of flowers. Olenka is a frequent visitor to flower beds and flower beds, gardens, dachas and plots of land where many flowers grow. This small hairy beetle causes a lot of trouble for gardeners. The stag beetle feeds on flowers, flower buds and petals - gnawing off their edges, after which the flowers look unattractive and grow poorly.

Description of the hairy deer beetle. The hairy fawn has black plate-like antennae that open like a fan. The body of the stag beetle is black, covered with small white or light yellow spots on the elytra and pronotum. There are many small white and light yellow hairs on the body. Body length is from 8 to 13 mm, slightly convex, oval and oblong. The beetle has 6 legs, black in color. The beetle's wings are hidden under the elytra, with the help of which the fawn flies.

The fawn feeds on flowers, flower pollen, petals, pistils and stamens, climbs into flower buds, and beetle larvae gnaw on plant roots. Female hairy bronzes lay their eggs on the ground or on rotten wood. The beetle larvae feed on rotten wood and tree roots. The size of the beetle larvae is large and thick, up to 3 cm in length. By the end of summer, young beetles emerge from the larvae, come to the surface, or can remain in the ground until next spring. Adult beetles overwinter in the ground.

About the furry deer. With the onset of spring, adult beetles crawl out of the ground and begin to lead an active lifestyle. The beetles breed, multiply, lay their eggs, and intensively gnaw flowers. The flight of beetles begins from May to July. The hairy bronze is very fond of flowers, willingly gnaws all parts of the flower, feeds on pollen and thereby causes great damage to the flowers. The stag beetle is a pest of flowers.

Special features of the beetle. It is easy to recognize the hairy deer. This is a small beetle with a black body and white spots. The body is covered with dense small hairs, white and light yellow. This small furry beetle is a big fan of flowers. Olenka loves to sit on flowers and climb inside the buds.

Lifestyle of a deer. This is a light-loving beetle, loves warm, clear weather, and leads an active lifestyle during the day. In cloudy weather it is little active, does not fly and mostly sits on flowers. There can be several rhinestone beetles on one flower at the same time. In cloudy and cool weather, beetles climb closer to the roots of the plant and hide under the leaves. When night falls, they burrow into the ground.

The fawn has natural enemies, mainly birds. Some fish species also feed on larvae and adult beetles. Some types of bronze are very similar to each other and are barely distinguishable. In terms of size, bronze beetles are small or medium-sized beetles with a variety of colors, often bright and shiny.

Other types of bronze beetles. The most famous relatives of the hairy bronze beetle, fawn or hairy fawn (Tropinota hirta):

Golden bronze or common bronze (Cetonia aurata)

Marbled bronze (Protaetia marmorata)

Smooth Bronzewort (Protaetia aeruginosa)

Stinking bronze or spotted deer (Oxythyrea funesta).

Beautiful photos of hairy bronze beetles:

Methods for combating fungal diseases of blackberries

Gardeners use a proven method of treating the garden with Bordeaux mixture. Biological preparations that are harmless to health are considered a new method. Such substances consist of strains of bacteria, which, after exposure to fungal infection, disintegrate in the soil into safe compounds.

Fighting fungi:

1. Plants are treated with Trichodermin solution after bud break, repeating spraying after 10 days.
2. Treatment with Topsin M and Topaz is carried out twice per season.
3. The effect of Kuproxat or Oxychome is manifested when blackberries are processed before the flowers bloom.
4. Stems that are allowed to overwinter are treated prophylactically with Farmayod.
5. Prepare garlic infusion. In 3 liters of water, infuse 300 g of garlic pulp for a day, filter through cheesecloth, and dilute it 20 times the volume. The berry garden is processed in the evening before sunset.

Trichodermin solution for plant protection
Regular inspection of blackberries will save future harvests. When spots appear on shoots and leaves, cut off the damaged parts and take them outside the plot for burning. Treatment begins with traditional methods, but in case of mass damage they switch to chemicals.

Hairy deer: control measures

Hairy deer beetle - the name of the beetle sounds harmless and even funny, but in fact it is one of the most dangerous and harmful flower beetles, which is capable of destroying all the flowers of fruit trees in the shortest possible time and subsequently leading to complete loss of the harvest.

It is almost impossible to completely destroy this beetle, but its numbers can be significantly reduced.

The hairy deer is native to Asian countries. Thanks to climate change and international transport, this beetle has significantly expanded its habitat. In Ukraine, the southern and central regions suffer most from deer.

The hairy deer belongs to the group of bronzes. The larva lives in the soil, feeds on plant debris and humus, without causing harm to the roots. In the fall, the beetles pupate and overwinter in the ground, at a depth of 15-40 cm, without coming to the surface. In the spring, when dandelions are blooming, deer wake up and raid the buds of fruit and berry crops. At night they hide in the ground from the cold and rain.

The dimensions of the hairy deer are 7-13 mm in length and 6-8 mm in width. The body is covered with hairs and white spots on the elytra. If the beetle is disturbed, it secretes an unpleasant-smelling yellow liquid.

The hairy deer loves dandelion flowers, but does not disdain cultivated plants - it causes particular harm to daffodils, tulips, magnolias, and peonies.

The hairy deer causes great damage by eating fruit flowers: apple trees, pears, apricots, cherries, cherries, peaches, etc. Garden strawberry flowers and even young seedlings also suffer from its invasion.

Ecological methods of combating hairy deer

Measures to combat hairy deer can be divided into environmental and chemical.

• The most environmentally friendly and effective is massive and large-scale support for the population of birds that eat pests - rooks, magpies, starlings, hoopoes. Make houses for birds, feed them in the winter, create favorable places for them to live in the garden - and they will thank you for your care by protecting your plants from voracious pests.
• Manual collection of hairy bronze is effective only for small quantities of the pest.
• You can spread a tarp or plastic sheeting under the trees and shake off the beetles on them, then destroy them. It is recommended to douse the tree trunks with cold water before this procedure to make it difficult for the beetles to climb up the trunk.
• Through research, it was found that furry deer exhibit an irresistible craving for the color blue. This is the basis for the method of catching pest beetles in blue bowls filled with water with the addition of an insecticide (Aktara, Calypso, Enzhio, Decis pro). Blue containers (disposable plastic ones are possible) with insecticide diluted with water are placed under the tree crowns and periodically cleaned by adding fresh solution.

Chemical methods of combating hairy deer

If manual collection and manipulation of blue bowls does not produce results, you can use “heavy artillery” against the hairy deer:

• Before flowering begins, treat the soil under the trees with pesticides: Aktara, Calypso, Enzhio, Decis pro. This treatment has a detrimental effect on the larval stage of pest beetles (hairy bronze beetle, beetle).
• In the 50s, hexachlorane dust was used to combat hairy deer. The pesticide was embedded in the upper part of the soil under the fruit trees to a depth of 5 cm. When a beetle burrows into the ground to roost for the night after a “working” day, it dies from the effects of the poison. However, this method of fighting also poses a threat to humans, so it is currently prohibited.
• Permitted methods of combating deer include treating buds and flowers with Calypso and Mavrik. These products act on deer, but do not harm bees, bumblebees and other beneficial insects.

We hope our recommendations will help you protect your gardens from pests.

Have a good harvest and beautiful flowers!

Your Garden

Hairy deer how to fight

It is possible to fight the hairy bronze or fawn. There are several methods:

1. Collection by hand. It is labor-intensive and not very effective, but if there is not a large amount of pest, it is quite possible;
2. Organize "swimming pools". Water is poured into basins, buckets, and bowls of blue color (it has been noted that this is the color that attracts the pest) to 1/3 full and placed around the garden and near the flower bed. The insect flies into the container and drowns;
3. The “soul” method is also based on the action of water. The body of the beetle is hairy. A wet beetle cannot fly; its hairs stick to its body. In case of a mass attack of the pest, bushes and flowers are sprayed with clean water. The beetle gets wet, cannot take off and is shaken off to the ground. Then they either collect or crush. Such an event must be carried out several times a day;
4. Organize bait feeders. In the garden, sawdust mixed with animal manure is placed on a pile. Compact (imitate soil). Sexually mature beetles happily lay eggs in a pile. By autumn, a huge number of them gather. In the fall, the pile is unrolled and the larvae are destroyed;
5. Plow the soil in the fall. The beetle is not located deeply, up to 40 cm. If you plow the land in autumn or dig up the soil, you can significantly reduce the pest population;
6. Attract birds. Starlings are very good at feasting on hairy fawn. Invite birds into the garden - hang birdhouses;
7. Treatment with biological products (Boverin, Pecilomin). The components of the preparations are spores and mycelium of microscopic fungi. Once on the beetle's body, they germinate and lead to death. In addition, one beetle infects another and significantly reduces the population. The preparations can be sprayed on plants or applied to the soil, as well as to the manure heap;
8. Treatment of bushes and flower gardens with Calypso poison. The drug is effective because its action occurs by contact and intestinal type. Thiacloprid is the main active ingredient. Penetrating through contact and with food, the toxin paralyzes the insect, which leads to death. To be effective, the poison must get either onto the body of the beetle or onto the leaf. By eating the green parts of the plant, the insect dies.

The hairy deer, or bronze deer, in some regions turns out to be a very aggressive pest. Before hyacinths have time to show their beauty, the pest eats into their “insides” and destroys them. The flower quickly loses its decorative effect. Bronzovka does not spare daffodils, and then moves on to peonies and irises. The orchard also does not remain unattended by the beetle and the yield is significantly reduced.

Timely application of all possible methods will help curb the growth of the beetle population. However, one is not a warrior in the field. It’s good if your dacha neighbors love their plants just like you and are ready to fight the pest with all possible means. Using a set of products, you can get rid of shaggy bronze hair in a few years.

This spring, a malicious pest appeared in Ukraine - the hairy Alenka beetle (Olenka volokhata or bronze beetle). It destroys all the color on fruit trees and bushes in a matter of hours, thereby leaving gardeners without a future harvest.

The fight against Alenka furry is difficult.

Scientists suggest that the homeland of this pest is Asia. Due to changes in climatic conditions in recent years, the habitat of the hairy Alenka has become huge: the southern region of the European part of Russia, then its movement is observed in the northern part (Voronezh region), Kazakhstan, Ukraine and others.

In Ukraine, the invasion of hairy Alenka was noticed to a greater extent in the steppe and forest-steppe zones.

How to deal with furry Alenka on a personal plot?

It is quite difficult to destroy Shaggy Alenka in a small garden plot, since most insecticides cannot be used against it. This is due to the fact that during the Shaggy Alenka years, flowering plants are pollinated by bees; the thoughtless use of insecticides causes enormous harm to pollinators and leads to a reduction in yield .

There are a number of gardening techniques that can significantly reduce the number of pests:

1. In early spring, treat the soil around the fruit trees with insecticides containing diazinon, and deepen the preparation a little. This treatment will save the garden from many pests that winter in the ground. Such insects include the Hairy Alenka.
2. Dig around the tree trunks and select the larvae and beetles by hand.
3. Have a nurse clean the area, destroy dry grass residues, last year's leaves, and stumps. This will reduce the number of wintering sites for the pest.
4. Pick up the insects by hand or spray the trees with cold water and shake off the pest. This won't wipe out the population completely, but it will reduce the number of beetles.
5. If possible, attract insectivorous birds to the garden to combat pests: build a birdhouse or release domestic chickens into the garden.
6. Build beetle traps: place blue containers filled with water next to fruit trees and ornamental plants. Alenkas do not know how to swim and will not be able to escape from these traps.
7. Alenok repels smoke, so it is effective to burn damp straw and leaves in gardens.

Attract a guest from the Red Book - the copperhead

People are usually wary of being around snakes, but the copperhead is not an ordinary snake. It is harmless to humans, but at the same time it actively hunts rodents such as mice, moles or shrews, and if there is an abundance of insects, it does not disdain them. The copperhead is a very rare and cautious reptile that lives in mixed forests and prefers open and well-warmed clearings. She does not like damp and dark places. To attract copperheads, you need to use thick fabric, pieces of tiles or roofing felt. Placed along the edges of the garden, they heat up and attract the snake, which likes to rest in the sun.

Fruit tree pests

A small hole in the bark of a tree with waste products and sawdust spilling out of it signals us about the presence of a pest called wood borer or bark beetle. This pest gnaws through passages where it lays larvae. The larvae look like white worms with a dark head.

The woodworm can damage not only the space between the bark and the trunk, but also the trunk itself, gnawing holes in it. If a pest is identified, you can give an injection of ammonia. Insert the syringe needle all the way and slowly inject 1-2 cubes of ammonia.

The glass butterfly lays larvae on fruit trees. The caterpillar damages young shoots by gnawing holes from top to bottom. Over the course of 2-3 years, the caterpillar damages the tree, after which it pupates. You can use a wire through the hole to damage the pest or make an injection of ammonia.

If the pest is successfully positioned during the formation of the tree crown, we cut off the damaged area.

Bronzovka is shaggy. If you find a beetle 8-13 mm long, dark in color, with white spots on the elytra and light hairs, then it is a pest called Hairy Alyonka.

The pest feeds on the pistils and stamens of flowers, thereby harming the future harvest. It simply will not exist if measures are not taken to destroy the pest in time. You can use shaking the beetle from fruit trees onto the litter. Before this procedure, it is necessary to treat the wood with water. This is done so that the beetle cannot take off.

Collecting hairy Alenka by hand in small areas is an effective means of combating the pest.

When there is a massive invasion of the flower beetle, the insecticide Calypso comes to our aid. This German drug, if the dosage is observed, allows you to spray trees during the flowering period without harming the bees.

It has been proven that furry Alenka is attracted to the color blue. It is enough to place a container of water under flowering trees.

The leaf roller belongs to the butterfly family, with more than 10,000 species. The caterpillar feeds on leaves and fruits of trees (apple, pear, cherry, plum...) and currant bushes. The leaf roller causes damage to the current (wormy fruits) and future harvest by eating away the fruit buds.

A distinctive feature of a leaf roller from a butterfly is the arrangement of its wings at rest. The pest places its wings in a horizontal plane, and the butterflies in a vertical plane.

The caterpillars eat the edges of the leaves, twisting them into a tube into a web. The deformed leaf blade serves as a shelter, and subsequently as a place for pupation of the caterpillar. One of the effective methods of combating leaf roller is to treat trees and shrubs with insecticides before bud break, at an air temperature of at least +10 ºС and on swollen buds (during bud break). At the first stage of treatment, we spray the branches and trunk of the tree well, since the pest overwinters in cracks in the bark.

Failure to carry out preventive treatment in a timely manner leads to damage to the fruit by the caterpillar. Damaged fruits fall under the trees. It is necessary to remove all fallen fruits and then dispose of them. The caterpillar is inside the fruit, continuing through the developmental stage from caterpillar to moth. The waste products of the caterpillar accumulate in damaged fruits, causing the process of rotting, thereby provoking the development of fruit rot.

There is no point in listing this or that drug, since each region has its own marketing. In any case, consult with sellers, study the instructions, the date of manufacture and expiration date, and the storage temperature of the drug. The listed pests must include one or a group of pests that you want to control. Read, understand, apply!

Mechanical...

The following is considered the most effective among all existing mechanical methods.

1. We spread a large plastic film in the garden with fruit trees and shrubs.
2. We manually shake off beetles from tree branches during the flowering period.
3. We collect pests and destroy them by crushing them.

When using a mechanical method of pest control, you must first spray the garden with ice water from a sprayer. The contact of drops of cold moisture on the beetle will provoke numbness, after which the pest will instantly fall onto the film spread under the tree.

Fighting methods

Early and warm spring creates favorable conditions for mass reproduction of the hairy deer beetle. A large number of insects fly into gardens, attacking flowering apple and cherry trees. In flower beds they are not immediately noticeable. Only the appearance of deformed buds forces one to look inside the flower, where pests break out.

In the fight against insects, physical methods have proven to be the most effective:

1. Mechanical collection. In the morning and cool weather, when the beetles are inactive, a film is spread under the trees and insects are dropped onto it. Before collecting, it is recommended to water the insects; this makes them fly less well. In flowerbeds and strawberry beds, pests are collected by hand. All insects are destroyed. The procedure will have to be carried out throughout the season. New beetles fly into the garden every day.
2. In gardens, damp straw and leaves are burned so that the smoke repels bronze beetles.
3. Digging up the soil near trees helps destroy the larvae.
4. Use of traps. In home gardens, industrial plantations and gardens, hairy deer traps are used. Mass catching of insects provides 13-15 containers per 1 hectare. When making traps, we took into account the special affinity of beetles for blue and blue colors. The lower part of the structure is a detachable plastic container. The upper part is funnel-shaped, with a blue shield. To attract broncos, a chemical bait is placed inside.

Homemade traps placed in private gardens are blue buckets, basins, and bottles. 3-5 liters of water are taken into the container. Dozens of beetles fall into the trap, but cannot get out. All that remains is to periodically remove drowned insects.

Chemical method

Treating flowering gardens with insecticides is a dangerous and unpopular measure. Along with pests, beneficial insects that pollinate flowers die. Their destruction will lead to a meager harvest. Chemicals are especially dangerous for bees; the use of insecticides near the apiary is unacceptable.

One of the few recommended products is “Calypso 480” produced by Bayer. The contact-intestinal insecticide is resistant to high temperatures and exposure to sunlight. The drug is safe for bees and can be used during the flowering period. One treatment of apple trees per season is enough.

Spraying the tree trunks with insecticides helps reduce the number of insects. Bronze moth larvae live in the soil. Adult beetles also often burrow into the ground under unfavorable conditions. The preparations “Aktara” and “Karbofos” are suitable for processing. Spraying is carried out 3 times, with a break of 1 week.

Biological methods

Spraying trees, bushes and ornamental flowers with biological pesticides allows you to safely get rid of harmful insects. Biological agents based on crystal-forming bacteria have an intestinal-contact effect. The attraction of insectivorous birds (starlings) helps reduce the number of bronze birds. Natural enemies of fawns include ground beetles and predatory rove beetles. They destroy eggs, larvae and pupae in the soil. Vertebrates reduce the number of offspring - moles, field mice.

Ways to fight

Methods for exterminating flower beetles depend on various factors, including the size of the affected area. Insect control is complicated by restrictions on the use of insecticides. This is due to the fact that it is necessary to exterminate hairy deer during the flowering period of plants, when they are pollinated by bees.

Gardeners and gardeners have special techniques for fighting insects. In small areas they use river water to spray the plants throughout the day. The process of exterminating insects is based on their biological characteristics. Drops of water abundantly wet the hairs of the beetles that cover their body. This leads to them losing flight activity.

Scientists do not have a consensus on effective methods for controlling hairy deer. It is not possible to completely destroy beetles, but you can minimize the damage they cause to plants and significantly reduce the population

Agricultural technology

Flower beetles choose uncultivated areas of land to lay their eggs. Often their choice falls on abandoned grain fields. Effective agricultural practices for pest control include weed control, plowing or digging up the soil.

Traditional methods

Trap option.
The most common method of destroying hairy deer is its mechanical collection. It is carried out after abundant watering of plants in the daytime or early in the morning, when beetles are least active.

The beetles are collected by hand and then burned. In gardens, they are shaken off the trees onto a film spread underneath them. Such events should be carried out periodically throughout the season.

In autumn or spring, trees are dug up in gardens. To prevent insect infestation of areas, burning damp straw or leaves is used. Smoke repels insects.

Traps are used to catch beetles in large areas. They are made from any blue or dark blue containers filled with water. These shades attract the attention of beetles, which fly into the funnel of the container and fall into the water.

Expert opinion

Mityuk Stefania Bogdanovna

The number of such traps is set in areas at the rate of 13-15 pieces per 1 hectare. Chemical baits are placed inside the traps. In small areas, 3-5 liter buckets, basins or plastic bottles serve as traps.

Biological methods

The essence of the pest control method is to spray flowering plants with biological pesticides, which are made from crystal-forming bacteria. They can be used during the flowering period of plants because they do not pose a danger to bees.

Aqueous solutions of Pecelomin show good results against insects. It can be used at any stage of beetle development. The use of the drug for spraying plants can reduce the pest population by 70-80%. Birds can be attracted to gardens to control insects. To do this, you need to hang birdhouses on trees and plant umbrella plants.

Chemical methods

Dangerous and unpopular methods of fighting hairy deer! Chemicals must be selected and used with extreme caution. Among the most common means of control: “Calypso 480”, “Aktara” and “Karbofos”. These products are used to spray plants in the form of a solution.

"Calypso 480"

A highly effective enteric-contact insecticide is available in the form of a concentrated suspension. The drug is safe for bees, so it can be used for spraying plants during the flowering period.

Advantages:

• versatility of use;
• does not harm plant-pollinating insects;
• does not pose a danger to nature and humans.

"Calypso 480" is resistant to low temperatures and sunlight. To combat flower beetles, one treatment of the plant is sufficient. The working solution is prepared from 10 liters of water and 2 ml of suspension. The application rate of the drug depends on the type of plant. Spraying plants with a solution is carried out only in dry and windless weather.

"Aktara"

Fast acting insecticide. After treating the plants, the effect of the drug lasts for 24-60 days. "Aktara" is widely used for spraying fields of grain crops. The product is available in the form of liquid concentrate, tablets and powder.

Advantages:

• efficiency;
• resistance to sunlight;
• versatility of use;
• long period of validity.

Spraying of plants can be done in any weather. The product has no odor. Powders and tablets dissolve well in water at 25°C. Working solutions are prepared in the fresh air or in a well-ventilated area. Their concentration depends on the type of plant being treated. The standard dosage is 1 ml of product per 10 liters of water.

"Karbofos"

Non-toxic insecticide with enteric contact action. The drug is widely used for treating small garden plots, flower beds and greenhouses. The death of insects occurs 2-3 hours after treatment of plants.

Advantages:

• versatility of use;
• long period of action;
• high efficiency.

Treatment of plants with a solution of the drug is carried out at an air temperature of at least 15°C. The weather should be dry and windless. The concentration of the working solution for spraying depends on the type of plant being treated. The standard dosage is 60 g of the drug per 8 liters of water.

Hairy fawn beetle (shaggy bronze beetle), photo, developmental features

Fawn beetle (bronze beetle) hairy

began to meet more and more often.
Therefore, methods of control
, because it damages root crops, herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees, eating young leaves, ovaries, buds and flowers. Treated as pests of industrial, ornamental, fruit, vegetable, berry, and flower crops. This is an omnivorous insect. The specific color makes it not very noticeable. The pest is the hairy fawn (beetle), about one and a half centimeters long, matte black in color with specks or stripes. The body is covered with villi, the back is almost naked, the abdomen is more hairy. The larva is white and has three pairs of legs.

The hairy deer beetle (bronze beetle) lays eggs once a year. The larva does not harm plants, as it feeds on undecomposed organic matter. But during the mating season and summer, adults simply eat everything, flying from place to place. The flowers that suffer first are roses, rowan berries, fruit trees, grapes, various types of currants, watermelons, cucumbers, melons, cabbage seeds, radishes, beets and other plants. The pest eats ovaries, young shoots, and buds less readily. During cold weather and rains, it burrows into the ground, where it eats root crops.

The deer is furry. The flower beetle is a pest.

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Simply by rewarding a harmful beetle with the beautiful name Olenka, we, unfortunately, cannot in any way appease it or control it.

What kind of animal?

Hairy deer or bronze fawn (Epicometis hitra poda)

- a dangerous insect that has literally terrorized Ukrainian gardeners over the past few years.

Flower beetle It gnaws inflorescences on fruit trees, shrubs, flowers, and other cultivated plants.

It belongs to the class of May beetles, although the larva does not feed on the roots of fruit and berry crops, as is usually the case with other brethren.

The body length of the pest reaches one and a half centimeters, the color of the wings is black, with a matte texture. There are white spots on the elytra. The main distinguishing feature of the beetle is its inherent shaggy body.

Has the ability to fly from place to place. Has an unpleasant smell.

Scientists suggest that the beetle’s homeland is Asia and, thanks to natural changes favorable to it, which are primarily associated with increased solar activity, the insect migrated to our latitudes.

It overwinters in the soil at a depth of fifteen to forty centimeters. It burrows into the ground in the cold, as well as at night (to a depth of one centimeter) and during rain. When the average daily temperature rises to fourteen degrees (the period, as a rule, coincides with the wild flowering of dandelions), it crawls out of its shelter, begins to fly and immediately begins to devour flowers. Eats petals, pistils and stamens on magnolias, peonies, and tulips. Then it moves to fruit trees.

At the moment of formation of inflorescences, it harms apple trees, pears, apricots, cherries, cherries, and strawberries.

The beetle is especially concentrated in collective gardening farms and summer cottages. Massive summers last until mid-June. After the end of flowering of fruit trees, it flies to cereal crops.

At the end of June, females begin to lay eggs, and they select well-fertilized soil for laying, usually choosing places with humus.

Pest control

Fighting the furry Olenka is not easy. There are still no effective means to combat this insect.

One of the most effective ways to resist an adult beetle is chemical treatment of the soil under fruit trees. Previously, various types of dusts were used for this, in particular hexachlorane and preparations based on arsenic and fluorine. But due to their high toxicity, these chemicals are currently prohibited and are not used.

So far, the most environmentally sound method of pest control is the usual shaking of branches on flowering trees in order to knock insects to the ground. This procedure must be performed early in the morning, having previously covered the tree bed with film, tarpaulin or other bedding.

After collecting the beetles, they must be destroyed. This method works if you do it regularly, because beetles fly, and in a day or two, new uninvited guests will appear in the garden. It is recommended to first spray the tree branches with cold water before shaking. In this case, the beetles lose the ability to fly and the chances of a successful hunt increase.

Gardeners have long noticed a phenomenon inexplicable by science: Olenka “loves” shades of blue and purple. For this purpose, they recommend placing dishes (buckets, bowls) of the above colors in the garden plot, next to the fruit trees, using them as bait for beetles. Olenka falls into these water-filled containers as if into a trap.

It is important to remember about preventive measures to combat the beetle, for which in the fall it is necessary to carefully remove and burn fallen leaves.

Many gardeners successfully use Calypso SC, applying the solution directly to the tree trunks of fruit trees.

Another of the most promising and environmentally friendly ways to combat the beetle is breeding (attracting) birds, especially starlings, as well as magpies, rooks, orioles, hoopoes and others.

Unfortunately, insecticides for controlling Olenka in the adult stage are not effective, and the beetle larvae are controlled using the same methods as the larvae of other beetles of the family, including wireworms.

It is impossible to directly treat flowers on trees with chemicals, since this can destroy beneficial insects that pollinate flower buds, including bees.

Preventive actions

In order not to pose the question “How to cure a plant?”, you need to take all measures to prevent infection. Constant monitoring of the green tent is required. A thorough examination of the lower side of the leaves, hidden from the sun. Timely removal of drying and dried parts of the plant. Creation of a damp curtain by constant fine spraying. Treating the crown with a concentrated soap solution (relevant in the early stages of detecting insects). Periodically apply a finely dispersed solution of tobacco and garlic to the plant once a week for a month.

Preventive treatment of flowers with soap solution

Pests of blackberry leaves:

Pests that parasitize leaves lead to the death of plants. The deformation of the leaf is not visible at first, but later leads to infection of the bush. Insects are collected manually or chemical methods of protection are used.

Raspberry leaf aphid

With the arrival of spring, aphid colonies appear from the ends of overwintered shoots. At first the insects do not damage the bushes, but in the summer they completely cover the shoots. The pest multiplies and colonies attack plants. Aphids carry viral diseases, weaken the immune system, and reduce yield.

The plantings are sprayed with systemic insecticides - Mospilan or Confidor. Among biological control agents, Fitoverm and Aktovit are recommended.

Raspberry leaf aphid on leaves

Blackberry aphid

A representative of the aphid family is large in size compared to the others, the color is yellowish-green with dark patterns. It parasitizes the underside of leaves and shoots. Produces several generations during the growing season. The methods of control are the same with other types of aphids.

Raspberry leaf sawfly

Sawflies lay eggs in May on the underside of the leaf. The hatched false caterpillars first gnaw the leaves of the lower tier of the bush, then move to the middle and upper tier. They overwinter among falling leaves in cocoons made of durable cobwebs. The action of the sawfly leads to a decrease in yield and loss of leaf apparatus.

To protect the plantings, they dig up the blackberries and cover the shoots with a thick layer of mulch for the winter. Spraying plantings with infusions of wormwood, garlic or tobacco will help drive away the sawfly.

Raspberry leaf sawfly

Ticks

Reddish arachnids emerge from the buds where they spend the winter. Common species: hairy, raspberry and spider mites. The activity of mites is recognized by the web on the bottom of the leaf; white spots are visible on top. Some varieties react to mites with purple spots and curling of the plates. Moisture leaves through the mouths, chlorophyll is lost, wood does not ripen before wintering, and productivity decreases.

Leaves are collected and burned, the soil layer is loosened, followed by mulching. Spray the plantings with a lime-sulfur preparation.

Garden Pests - Mites

Cruciferous flea beetle

The insect attacks plantings in hot, windless weather. The result of the activity is perforated leaf blades. Prepare a mixture for dusting from tobacco dust and wood ash.

Caterpillars

Crimson glass butterflies and moths lay eggs among young garden shoots. The emerging caterpillars eat greenery and are capable of destroying a plantation with shrubs. It is recommended to collect the pest manually or spray it with Fufanon or Karate. The preparations are treated before flowering with the beginning of budding.

When planting blackberries, it is not recommended to plant them near strawberry, raspberry, and strawberry plantings. The crops have common pests and diseases that will destroy berry plantings. Redness or yellowing of the leaves immediately indicates a viral infection.