Category Archives: Papaya Pests

Credits: Biovision-Infonet Fruit Flies Spider Mites False Spider Mite Broad Mite Cotton aphid and green peach aphid Systates weevil Root-knot nematodes Mealybugs Whiteflies

(Systates spp.) Credits: Biovision-Infonet This is a very common weevil in East Africa. It attacks many crops and ornamental plants. The adult is a black weevil, about 12 mm long with a swollen, rounded abdomen, and long, thin, elbowed antenna. It is active at night, feeding on the edges of leaves producing a characteristic indentations. […]

(Brevipalpus phoenicis) Credits: Biovision-Infonet The adults are about 0.1 mm. It usually feeds on the trunk below the level where the bottom whorl of leaves is attached. The mites move upward on the trunk and outward onto the leaves and fruit as the population increases, leaving a large, conspicuous, damaged area behind them. The affected […]

(Tetranychus spp., Eutetranychus spp. and Oligonychus gossypii) , (Brevipalpus phoenicis) , (Polyphagotarsonemus latus) Credits: Biovision-Infonet Several species of mites damage papaya (personal communication, M. Knapp, ICIPE): Spider mites (Tetranychus spp., Eutetranychus spp. and Oligonychus gossypii) The false spider mite (Brevipalpus phoenicis) The broad mite (Polyphagotarsonemus latus) The spider mites suck the plant sap, leading to […]