Insect Identification and Control

Applying bait is the most successful. Slug bait can either go down the spout with the seed or be spun on the ground. Some choose to go 50% either way. This will not give complete control. However we always maintain that should slugs be eating their way along a drill coulter groove some well placed […]

Technical Name:Pieris rapae General: Found throughout New Zealand. The caterpillar causes damage by feeding on the leaves of Brassica crops. Damage mainly occurs from October to May. Identification: Grey/Black coloured body with whitish wings with black spots and a wingspan of 50mm. The female has two pairs of black spots on the forewings and the […]

Slugs can virtually wipe out crops and new pasture given the right conditions. You not only lose your investment in initial costs you also lose time which is so critical to your crop or new pasture production. Often slug damage is not picked up until it is too late to replant unless you are very […]