Phytophagous gooseberries belong to dangerous pests of garden crops. During the period of mass reproduction, it is capable of destroying up to 50% and even up to 90% of the entire harvest of gooseberries. Such loss of gardening is borne in the event that measures are not taken to control the gooseberry flax during the period when caterpillars appear. Protection of berries from pests is complicated by the fact that the fight against the gooseberry flint should be conducted during mass flowering, and if the inflorescences are destroyed, then what crop can we talk about?
Butterfly-firing in length reaches 12-14 millimeters. They are easy to recognize by dark gray wings with whitish transverse strips and a round brown spot in the center. Of the wintering pupae, butterflies fly out during the flowering period of early varieties of gooseberries. Years can last up to a month and a half. Sexually mature fires two days after mating lay eggs on the flowers of gooseberry. If the plant does not yet blossom, then they are satisfied with young leaves (their lower side), and for the belated masonry, the ovary will also suit. A week will pass and caterpillars of yellowish white color will appear. They immediately go to the ovary. In this case, only one caterpillar can live in one ovary. But this unique inhabitant is able to completely gnaw out to six berries of gooseberries! Damaged berries and ovaries on gooseberries rot, and then dry up and crumble. After himself, the pest leaves clumps of cobwebs and excrement. Then the caterpillars go into the soil right under the bushes of gooseberry, turn into shaggy cocoons and arrange a wintering.
Destroy the pest
The most effective fight against gooseberry flies is to dig up the soil under the bushes and near them. This method is quite laborious. It is necessary to bore each bush by ten to fifteen centimeters of land at its base. The earth in this case should be taken from the inter-row, where there are no pupae, from a depth of at least five centimeters. The fact is that the butterfly will not be able to overcome this layer. When the gooseberries begin to bloom, the bushes will have to be bored.
There are several other ways to help combat the gooseberry flock, both during the birth of butterflies and after their departure from the earth. So, in small planting areas, small containers with stray juices can be placed. Butterflies will flock to the feeders, and after the "treat" to perish. In specialized stores today you can also purchase electric catchers and light traps to help get rid of the fire. As an option - a self-made trap. It can be made from a regular lamp, covered with a frame of transparent heat-resistant material. This skeleton is coated with a sticky substance (honey, molasses ). Butterflies, attracted by both scent and light, just stick to it.
You can fight with gooseberries and spraying. On the fifth day of flowering gooseberries, when the first flowers are already
Mechanical harvesting of gooseberry berries, which are damaged by a firefly or moth, also refers to effective measures to combat these pests. Removing from the bushes berries and ovaries, which are caterpillars, you protect other berries. After the manual collection is completed, all the caterpillars must be destroyed in boiling water. Collect damaged berries immediately after you notice the first signs of the presence of pests. Usually such berries blush, and their tops rot.