Preliminary pest list 2

(for northern Namibia)
Updated: 28 June 2003

Temporary pest names are only used for local identification until a species is identified.

ID-no.	Temporary name	Type	Notes
100	Harvester termites	termite	Mahenene, bambaranuts
101	Green beetle	beetle	Mahenene, 11 mm, on flowering cotton
102	Turntail 2 Eutelia polychorda	moth	On Mopane trees, in swarms, same as No. 97
103	Small dotted beetle	beetle	Mahenene, in Malvaceae flowers
104	Tapinanthus Tapinanthus oleifolius	parasite	Parasitic plant living on trees
105	Termite 2	termite	A termite building small mounds directly on plants
106	Marula moth	moth	Caterpillar, 55 mm. Black with yellow spots
107	Balsam pear bug	bug	20 mm
108	Downy mildew	disease
109	Plusia semi looper	moth	Mining bambaranut leaves. Chrysodeixis or Plusia. wingspan 37 mm
110	Grass bagworm 1	moth	Kunene region, on grass, 12-15 mm
111	Ruacana bagworm	moth	Ruacana falls, on a tree, 20 mm
112	Ongwediva bagworm	moth	Ongwediva, March 2002, Flamboyant tree ?, 38 mm
113	Birds	Birds	Quela birds and Chestnut Weaver
114	Sweethorn bagworm	moth	Waterberg 25 May 2002, 45 mm long bag on Acacia karoo
115	Grape Moths	moths	a number of moths that visit grapes and may cause damage to ripening fruits
116	Elegant grasshopper	grasshopper
	to be continued ...

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