The one who can adapt to circumstances survives. I am not talking about people, but about the pest who clearly demonstrates this feature.
The glasswing overwinters twice, causing irreparable damage to trees and shrubs. It is difficult to detect: it looks like stinging insects - bees and wasps.
Transparent wings with scales on the edges, abdomen with lemon-yellow stripes, even the behavior imitates them. Summer from mid-May, continues in June, July, says Anastasia Kovrizhnykh .
The butterfly lays eggs in barely noticeable cracks in the tree bark, unevenness on the surface of the trunk, hides under the bark of young shoots. One individual can produce offspring from 50 to 200 pieces. There are raspberry, apple, currant, poplar, birch glasswings - there are about 1300 species in the world fauna.
All of them are distinguished by the amazing voracity of caterpillars. They feed on living tissues inside the trunks, roots, branches of trees and bushes. They form passages in which the mobile pupae are invulnerable. The gardener does not see them, so he does not suspect that the tree is in danger.
The pest can be detected during spring pruning. Having noticed the affected shoots, they should be cut off to the base and burned.
It is necessary to fight in a timely and effective manner, otherwise there will be losses among garden plantings.
Experienced gardeners get rid of the pest using popular methods.
- With the help of trapping belts, containers with liquid bait placed. The pest loves jam, vegetable oil.
- Flower beds or fragrant plants planted in the garden work well as repellents: mint, nasturtium, marigolds, lemon balm, calendula.
- Mulch made from onion and garlic peels, chopped tansy, and wormwood will repel the glasswing.
Previously, we reported on which plants should not be planted near the house .
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
