The caterpillar that attacks the leaves on the water apple plant/Ulat yang menyerang daun di tanaman jambu air .

in #photography6 years ago
Hi, steemian

I am very curious whenever I see a water apple tree in front of the house, it seems there is something wrong with this plant.

I must admit, this water apple tree is not well groomed, from the beginning of the planting until the tree grows big, this tree has never received special care such as given pest eradication drugs.



This water apple tree produces a lot of fruit, but what happens is the fruit produced from the outside looks very fresh to be consumed and after splited it inside there is a security officer who has been waiting for you (caterpillar).

Well, steemian friend... I am not going to continue our conversation about fruit attacked by pests, but I will show you a photo of the caterpillar attack on the guava-water leaf.






Before attacking the fruit, these pests will attack the leaves, so the leaves will look hollowed. It seems almost all of the leaves that exist to be a meal of this caterpillar.

I see a unique shape of the caterpillar that attack the leaves of this plant. As look in the photo, there is a kind of triangular shape like a tent attached to the leaf, and it turns out the triangular-shaped tent is as a protector for the caterpillar in it.






This is the disguise of a very perfect caterpillar (in this species), to deceive the animal that will prey this caterpillar, so that the caterpillar are free to eat a very abundant leaf.

Maybe this is not just happening in my place, and I'm sure many references have been published by experts on how to eradicate pests that attack of water apple plant.



(Indonesia language)
Saya sangat penasaran setiap kali melihat pohon jambu air di depan rumah, nampaknya ada yang tidak beres dengan tanaman ini.
Harus saya akui, pohon jambu air ini belum terawat, sejak awal penanaman sampai pohonnya tumbuh besar, pohon ini belum pernah mendapat perawatan khusus seperti diberi obat pemberantasan hama.
Pohon jambu air ini menghasilkan banyak buah, tapi yang terjadi adalah buah yang dihasilkan dari luar terlihat sangat segar untuk dikonsumsi dan setelah dibelah di dalamnya ada petugas keamanan yang telah menunggumu (ulat).
Nah, teman steemian.. Saya tidak akan melanjutkan pembicaraan kita tentang buah yang diserang hama, tapi saya akan menunjukkan foto serangan ulat pada daun jambu air.
Sebelum menyerang buah, hama ini akan menyerang dedaunan, sehingga daunnya akan terlihat berlubang. Sepertinya hampir semua daun yang ada menjadi makanan ulat ini.
Saya melihat bentuk unik dari ulat yang menyerang daun tanaman ini. Seperti terlihat di foto, ada semacam bentuk segitiga seperti tenda yang menempel pada daun, dan ternyata tenda berbentuk segitiga itu sebagai pelindung ulat di dalamnya.
Ini adalah penyamaran ulat yang sangat sempurna (pada spesies ini), untuk mengelabui hewan yang akan memangsa ulat ini, agar ulat bebas makan daun yang sangat melimpah.
Mungkin ini tidak hanya terjadi di tempat saya, dan saya yakin banyak referensi telah diterbitkan oleh para ahli tentang bagaimana cara membasmi hama yang menyerang tanaman jambu air.


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Until next time

@arkan18

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