Tim Crabb (UK) focuses on the moment a mite predates an aphid nymph. Spotting a whirligig mite near a group of black bean aphid nymphs on a plant stem, Tim focused in, ready to capture the moment the ...
alternate host Where a pest or pathogen uses two separate species of plant to complete its life cycle. An example being the black bean aphid that overwinters on Euonymus and its summer host is the ...
Beans can also be vulnerable to black bean aphid which may require an insecticide treatment to be used. Over the past two years the Soil Regenerative group have overcome many of these problems and ...