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Major Pests in Orchids
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Insect Pests
• Two spotted mite.• Scale Insects & Mealy Bugs.• Aphids.• Caterpillars.• Thrips.
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Two Spotted Mite
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Two Spotted Mite• Tetranychus urticae (Tetra-NIK-us ur-TY-see).• Life cycle 7 – 12 days in summer & 12 – 21 days
in winter eg. 14 days @ 21oC, 8 days @ 30oC.• Female lays up to 6 eggs a day – 70> in total.• Not an insect, related to ticks and spiders.• Very small – 0.5mm female, easier to see damage
done.• Need to do regular checks for presence of mites.• Prefer warm, dry conditions, 25oC – 30oC.
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Problems Caused
• Feeding (suck chlorophyll from plants) in large numbers reduces plant vigor.
• Very heavy infestations on young or small plants results in severe damage – can take several growing seasons too recover.
• Spread transmissible plant diseases including viruses.
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Controls• Oil sprays such as Eco-oil 2.5mls/litre & Canola
oil mix give good control. Use 2 – 3 times over 2 – 3 weeks.
• Natrasoap. Use same as above.• Mineral oil sprays such as Pest-Oil or White Oil.• Avoid spraying oil products on rising temp >32oC.• Predatory mites can be used – 2 types are required.• Remove or relocate host plants such as beans,
Taro, Azaleas and Nightshade.
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Aphids
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Problems Caused• Sucking sap from new growth & soft tissue.• Damage flowers and cause distortions.• Possibly introduce viruses from infected
plants (known vector for other plants eg. Cucumber mosaic virus).
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Controls• Control ants and aphids on host plants such
as roses, citrus, onion, thistle, cabbage etc.• Sticky insect strips (yellow) to detect
presence of aphids.• Chemical sprays such as Confidor and
Pyrethrins provide safer control on flowering orchid. Confidor is systemic.
• Pyrethrins less toxic knock down spray.• Use oil or soap based sprays such as Eco-oil
4mls/litre or Natrasoap/pyrethrums for other crops.
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Scale Insects on Cattleya
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Scale Insects on Cymbidium
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Mealybug
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Scale & Mealybugs• Boisduval Scale – Sometimes mistaken for
Mealy Bug because of white fluffy covering.• Even infests Cattleya roots.• Persistent and difficult to control.• Easier to control the crawler stage when
they are mobile – Spring and Autumn.• Mealy bugs more mobile than scale.
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Problems Caused• Boisduval scale – severely damages and can
even kill seedlings and small plants.• Particularly debilitating to Cattleyas, taking
many years to recover, if ever.• Spreads rapidly if not controlled.• Mealybug problematic for Cattleyas and
Phalaenopsis and are also found on the plant roots below the surface of the potting mix.
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Controls• Space plants to allow good air circulation.• Timely and regular use of Eco-oil and
Natrasoap, difficult to use during flowering periods.
• Parasitoid wasps – good biological control for large collections and heavy infestations.
• Unfortunately systemic chemical sprays such as Rogor as a last resort for scale.
• Spray or dab Mealybug with alcohol.
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Caterpillars and Loopers
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Problems Caused• Loopers only eat the best of your prized
flowers.• 6 spikes of flowers chew hole in 1 – 2 buds
on each spike.• Very mobile and can damage many flowers
in a few nights – Particularly hairy caterpillars.
• Eat new growths on Native and SoftcaneDendrobiums and Cattleyas.
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Controls• Dipel contains Bacillus thuringiensis or Bt for
short. Stomach poison to caterpillars when ingested.
• Short lived needs to be sprayed regularly and over large areas of host plants.
• Not harmful to beneficial insects, birds and animals.
• Derris dust (rotenone – Associated with Parkinson’s like Disease) Useful when ingested??
• Carbaryl wettable powder – Stomach and contact spray.
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Thrips and Dendrobium Beetles
Western Flower Thrip
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Problems Caused• Dendrobium beetles and Thrips are both
chewing insects.• Thrips in orchids damage & distort soft
foliage and distort and discolour flowers leaving white and brown streaks and young flower buds stop developing and drop off.
• Dendrobium Beetle adults chew soft tissue and flowers, lay eggs on flowers and into the stems of new growths.
• Dendrobium Beetle larvae when hatched eat flowers and eat the inside of new growths.
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Controls• Remove Dendrobium Beetles by hand.• For heavy infestations spray with Confidor,
Carbaryl or Rogor.• Thrip sticky insect strips (light blue) for
detection of the pest.• For thrips use Eco-oil or Natrasoap on yard
plants or Confidor on orchid plants. If flowers already damaged can use Rogor(dimethoate).
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Slugs and Snails• Molluscs - Snails - Common European and
Garlic snails, slugs many varieties.
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Problems Caused• Chew flower buds but usually opened
flowers.• Leave a silvery trail over potting mix and
flower parts.
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Controls• Judicious use of snail pellets both cheaper
Yates Blitzem – green pellet (Metaldehyde)Bayer Baysol – blue pellet (methiocarb)better in damp conditions.
• For large collections Mesurol 750 (methiocarb).