PESTS OF OIL PALM

NURSERY PESTS

SLUGS Parmarion martensi

SNAILS Achantina fulica

RED SPIDER MITES Tetranychus piercei

APHIDS Cerataphis sp

MEALY BUG Dysmicoccus spp

CRICKET Brachytrupes sp

MOLE CRICKET Gryllotalpa spp

RHINOCEROS BEETLES Oryctes rhinoceros

COCKCHAFER BEETLES Adoretus compressus

GRASSHOPPERS Valanga nigricornis

 NURSERY PESTS

BAGWORMS Mahasena corbetti

NETTLE CATERPILLARS Setora nitens

HAIRY CATERPILLARS Dasychira horsfieldi

Rattus tiomanicus,
RAT
Rattus argentiventer
SQUIRREL Callosciurus notatus

PORCUPINE Hytrix brachyura

MONKEY Macaca spp

WILD BOAR Sus scrofa, Sus barbatus

DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK Cattle, Sheep, Goat

ARMY WORMS –
Spodoptera litura
CUTWORM

Agrotis spp
LEAF EATING CATERPILLARS
BAGWORM DAMAGE ON SEEDLING IN
POLYBAG
COCKCHAFER BEETLES
Adoretus compressus
RED SPIDER MITES
APHIDS
GRASSHOPPER
Valanga nigricornis
CRICKET : BRACHYTRUPES SP
MOLE CRICKETS

Gryllotalpa spp
 RHINOCEROS BEETLE
Oryctes rhinoceros
SNAIL
RAT DAMAGE

Frond base
chewed
 SQUIRREL
CALLOSCIURUS NOTATUS
WILD PIG
ELEPHANT
PESTS OF IMMATURE FIELDS

SLUGS Parmarion martensi

SNAILS Achantina fulica

RED SPIDER MITES Tetranychus piercei

RHINOCEROS BEETLES Oryctes rhinoceros

COCKCHAFER BEETLES Adoretus compressus

GRASSHOPPERS Valanga nigricornis

BAGWORMS Mahasena corbetti

NETTLE CATERPILLARS Setora nitens

HAIRY CATERPILLARS Dasychira horsfieldi

PESTS OF IMMATURE FIELDS

RATS Rattus tiomanicus

SQUIRRELS Callosciurus notatus

PORCUPINES Hatrix brachyura

MONKEY Macaca fascicularis

WILD PIGS Sus scrofa, Sus barbatus

ELEPHANT Elephas maximus

CATTLE Bos indicus

KAMBING Capras aegagrus

KERBAU Bubalus arnee babalis

SLUGS & SNAILS

Achatina fulica
APHIDS
SCALE INSECTS
 TERMITES
Coptotermes curvignathus
worker

soldier
RHINOCEROS BEETLES
IMMATURE PALM
 COCKCHAFER BEETLES

Adoretus compressus
LEAF EATING CATERPILLARS
Bagworm

Nettle
caterpillar

Hairy caterpillar
 GRASSHOPPERS
Valanga nigricornis
 RAT

 Rattus tiomanicus
 Rattus argentiventer
 Rattus rattus diardii
 RAT DAMAGE

PALM KILLED HEAVY DAMAGE TO

LOWER FRONDS -
24% LOWER YIELD IN
1ST YEAR
 SQUIRREL
CALLOSCIURUS NOTATUS
PORCUPINE
WILD PIG
 ELEPHANT

feed on spear and tender fronds

snap off young palms to feed

on apical shoot or palm heart

heavy losses of 95% casualty

elephant relocation

dig isolation trenches

install electric fencing

CATTLE / BUFFALO / GOAT
 PESTS OF MATURE FIELDS

RHINOCEROS BEETLES Oryctes rhinoceros

RED PALM WEEVIL Rhyncophorus schach

BAGWORMS Mahasena corbetti

NETTLE CATERPILLARS Setora nitens

HAIRY CATERPILLARS Dasychira horsfieldi

OIL PALM BUNCH MOTH Tirathaba rufivena

TERMITES Coptotermes curvignathus

COCKCHAFER BEETLES Adoretus compressus

SNAILS Achantina fulica

SUCKING INSECTS white flies, aphids, scale insects

 PESTS OF MATURE FIELDS

RATS Rattus tiomanicus

SQUIRRELS Callosciurus notatus

PARAKEET Psittacula longicauda

BLUE- RUMPED PARROT Psittinus yanurus

CROW Corvus splendens

ELEPHANT Elephas maximus

CATTLE Bos indicus

KAMBING Capras aegagrus

KERBAU Bubalus arnee bubalis

SLUGS & SNAILS
Achatina fulica

feed on surface
of young fruits
MEALY BUG / SCALE INSECTS
RHINOCEROS BEETLE
RED STRIPE WEEVIL
 COCKCHAFER BEETLES
Adoretus compressus
LEAF EATING CATERPILLARS
Bagworm

Nettle
caterpillar

Hairy caterpillar
 LEAF EATING CATERPILLARS
BAGWORMS
• Mahasena corbetti,
 LEAF EATING CATERPILLARS
BAGWORMS
• Metisa plana,
 LEAF EATING CATERPILLARS

BAGWORMS
• Pteroma pendula
 LEAF EATING CATERPILLARS
NETTLE CATERPILLARS
• Setora nitens
 LEAF EATING CATERPILLARS
NETTLE CATERPILLARS
• Darna trima
 LEAF EATING CATERPILLARS
NETTLE CATERPILLARS
• Darna diducta
 LEAF EATING CATERPILLARS
HAIRY CATERPILLARS
• Dasychira horsfieldi
 LEAF EATING CATERPILLARS
HAIRY CATERPILLARS
• Amathusia phidippus
 BENEFICIAL PLANTS
Euphorbia heterophylla
 BENEFICIAL PLANTS
Cassia cobanensis
 BENEFICIAL PLANTS
Turnera subulata
 BENEFICIAL PLANTS
Antigonon leptopus
 BUNCH MOTH
Tirathaba spp

Pic Dr Norman K
TERMITES
COMMON SPECIES RATS
• RATTUS TIOMANICUS
• RATTUS RATTUS DIARDII
• RATTUS ARGENTIVENTER
 RAT DAMAGE

feeding on mesocarp

damage on female
inflorescence and
developing bunches
FRESH DAMAGE ON UNRIPE
FFB
SERIOUS DAMAGE TO FRUIT
BUNCH - FRESH DAMAGE
RAT DAMAGE SEEN ON
HARVESTED FFB
DAMAGE ON UNOPENED
FEMALE FLOWERS
DAMAGE ON UNOPENED MALE
FLOWER
DAMAGE ON DEVELOPING FFB
DAMAGE TO PAMI - feeding on
grubs of pollinating weevils
DAMAGE TO PAMI - feeding on
grubs of pollinating weevils
SEVERE DAMAGE TO PAMI
MONKEY DAMAGE - DETACHED FRUITS ON
THE GROUND
PARAKEETS
CROWS
MYNAS
CATTLE
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