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    The document provides instructions for rearing 11 common pest insects, including aphids, spider mites, whiteflies, mealybugs, and thrips. It lists suitable host plants for each insect species, such as lettuce for rearing peach-potato aphids, broad beans for black bean aphids, and potatoes or squashes for rearing citrus mealybugs. General care instructions are also included, like replacing broad bean hosts every two weeks and maintaining a temperature of around 25 Celsius.

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    The document provides instructions for rearing 11 common pest insects, including aphids, spider mites, whiteflies, mealybugs, and thrips. It lists suitable host plants for each insect species, such as lettuce for rearing peach-potato aphids, broad beans for black bean aphids, and potatoes or squashes for rearing citrus mealybugs. General care instructions are also included, like replacing broad bean hosts every two weeks and maintaining a temperature of around 25 Celsius.

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    Pest Rearing

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    austinjudeball
    The document provides instructions for rearing 11 common pest insects, including aphids, spider mites, whiteflies, mealybugs, and thrips. It lists suitable host plants for each insect species, such as lettuce for rearing peach-potato aphids, broad beans for black bean aphids, and potatoes or squashes for rearing citrus mealybugs. General care instructions are also included, like replacing broad bean hosts every two weeks and maintaining a temperature of around 25 Celsius.

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    Pest Insect

    rearing
    Contents

    • Myzus persicae – peach-potato aphid


    • Aphis gossypii – cotton aphid
    • Aphis fabae – black bean aphid
    • Tetranychus urticae – red/Two-spotted spider mite
    • Tetranychus evansi – tomato red spotted spider mite
    • Trialeurodes vaporariorum – greenhouse/glasshouse whitefly
    • Bemisia tabaci – cotton/silverleaf whietfly
    • Planococcus citri – citrus mealybug
    • Phenacoccus solenopsis - cotton mealybug
    • Frankliniella occidentalis - western flower thrip
    • Tuta absoluta- tomato leaf miner
    • slug
    Myzus persicae – peach-potato aphid
    • Rear on Capsicum annum (sweet) and lettuce
    Aphis gossypii – cotton aphid
    Aphis fabae – black bean aphid

    • Rear on broad bean (Vicia faba) as good for mass production


    • Replace every two weeks?
    • ~25 Celsius
    Tetranychus urticae – red/two-spotted spider
    mite
    • Aubergine, vicia faba or sweet pepper
    Tetranychus evansi – tomato red spotted spider mite
    Trialeurodes vaporariorum – greenhouse/glasshouse whitefly

    • Aubergine amd potato plant


    Bemisia tabaci – cotton/silverleaf whietfly
    Planococcus citri – citrus mealybug
    • Potato, squash, pumpkin
    Phenacoccus solenopsis - cotton mealybug
    • Potato, aubergine, tomato, cotton
    Frankliniella occidentalis
    • Rear on Cotton, aubergine
    Tuta absoluta- tomato leaf miner

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