What does the egg of the Xuanhui butterfly look like?
Plant knowledge section, sharing experience in the field of flower clinics with you, what does the egg of the Xuanhui butterfly look like? Next, the editor will introduce it.
Many flower friends may not know what a Xuanhui butterfly is, but once the symptoms are described, they might figure it out. Flower friends also know that dealing with Xuanhui butterflies is difficult, so they want to find out what the eggs of Xuanhui butterflies look like. Conveniently, Ermu's blog posted some pictures of Xuanhui butterfly eggs, which are borrowed here for reference by flower friends!
Let's talk about the Xuanhui butterfly next.
The Xuanhui butterfly is a type of pest that is second only to scale insects in terms of causing damage to succulents, especially during the summer outbreak period. The symptoms of the pest infestation are that the leaves and stems of succulents are eaten clean. The characteristic of Xuanhui butterflies is that they like to work in groups, which is why an entire succulent can be eaten clean.
Xuanhui butterflies have super reproductive abilities, laying countless eggs every night. Even if the eggs in the same area are cleared (usually using the toothpick picking method), new ones will appear the next day (the eggs cannot be killed by chemicals and can only be removed by manual methods).
Pay attention to the green feces in the picture above, which are left by the larvae of the Xuanhui butterfly. The larvae will bore into the leaves after hatching and enjoy their meal until the leaf is eaten empty, then move on to the next one. Therefore, spraying chemicals is not very effective, as they are hiding in the leaves.
Xuanhui butterfly eggs can hatch into larvae within a week, so this period is when they are most vulnerable. You can try spraying some conventional chemicals, and any larvae that hatch during this time will be killed. But once the larvae bore into the leaves, the chemicals are not effective. When they grow to 1cm in size, ordinary chemicals are almost ineffective. Manual cleaning is the only option.
When Xuanhui butterflies grow large enough, they will spin cocoons. If they are not discovered and cleaned up in time, they will soon form groups of Xuanhui butterfly fighter jets, starting a new round of hatching.
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