Fig insects A Lecture To ToT trainees ( FFS) By Mr. Allah Dad Khan Provincial Coordinator IPM KPK MINFAL Pakistan

2. Fig Injurious Insects
A
Lecture To ToT trainees (
FFS)
By
Mr. Allah Dad Khan
Provincial Coordinator IPM
KPK

4. Fig Scale
 Usually on bark of young
twigs and branches,
encrusted with small
(1/16”) hard, circular,
scaly raised bumps with
yellow centers, may also
be on fruit. Sap feeding
weakens the tree.
 Natural Control
 Bonide® Insecticidal Soap

5. Damage
 Adults are ¼“ long, flat, oval
shaped with a white waxy
covering. Yellow to orange eggs
are laid within an egg sac.
Crawlers are yellow to brown in
color. Over winters as an egg or
very immature young in or near
a white, cottony egg sac, under
loose bark or in branch crotches,
mostly found on north side.
Damage is by contamination of
fruit clusters with egg sacs,
larvae, adults and honeydew,
which promotes growth of black
sooty mold.
 Natural Control
 Bonide® Insecticidal Soap

6. DAMAGE
 The fig mite infests bud
scales and young leaves.
Feeding causes a faint
russetting of the leaves,
generally in the interior
portion of the canopy and
may result in leaf drop and
stunting of twigs. More
importantly, this mite
transmits the fig mosaic
virus. The virus is not
present in the egg stage of
the mite, but once acquired
through feeding is retained
through molts.

7. DAMAGE
 Damage is done by the
adults scraping a hole
in the fruit and feeding
on the flesh inside.
Their excrement stains
the skin of the fruit.

8. Symptoms
 Holes in fruit; staining of fruit surface from
insect excrement; adult insect is a
moderate sized green beetle reaching
approx. 3 cm (1.2 in in length) which has a
distinct horn on its head; larvae are cream
colored grubs with a brown head
 Cause
 Insect
 Comments
 Larvae pupate in cells in the soil in late
spring; insect undergoes one generation
per year
 Management
 Remove dead leaves and other crop debris
from the orchard floor; allowing the
orchard floor to dry out and harden
prevents the adults emerging in the
Spring; saturating the soil with water for a
period of 2 days will kill off any eggs and
larvae