Spodoptera exigua is an emerging pest of bananas and plantains. The damage is often severe in 2-3 month-old banana crops.
1 Spodoptera exigua feeding on banana flag leaf
2 Damage symptoms of Spodoptera exigua on banana
3 Damage symptoms of Spodoptera exigua on banana
4 Damage symptoms of Spodoptera exigua on banana
5 Damage symptoms of Spodoptera exigua on banana
6 Damage symptoms of Spodoptera exigua on banana
7 Spodoptera exigua damage on banana
8 Damage symptoms of Spodoptera exigua on banana
9 Spodoptera exigua feeding on banana leaf
10 Spodoptera exigua feeding on banana leaf
11 Flag leaf damaged by Spodoptera exigua
12 Damage symptoms of Spodoptera exigua
13 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
14 Spodoptera exigua larva feeding on banana
15 Spodoptera exigua larva feeding on banana
16 Spodoptera exigua damage on banana
17 Spodoptera exigua damage on banana
18 Spodoptera exigua damage on flag leaf
19 Spodoptera exigua damage on flag leaf
20 Spodoptera exigua damage on banana
21 Spodoptera exigua damage on banana
22 Spodoptera exigua feeding on banana
23 Spodoptera exigua feeding on banana flag leaf
24 Spodoptera exigua on banana
25 Spodoptera exigua feeding on banana flag leaf
26 Spodoptera exigua egg mass on banana
27 Spodoptera exigua - egg mass on banana
28 Spodoptera exigua egg mass on banana
29 Spodoptera exigua egg mass on banana
30 Spodoptera exigua egg mass on banana
31 Spodoptera exigua egg mass on banana
32 Spodoptera exigua larvae differ from S. litura as they are not gregarious and disperse quickly after hatching.
33 Spodoptera exigua neonate larvae
34 Spodoptera exigua - neonate larvae
35 Spodoptera exigua larvae differ from S. litura as they are not gregarious and disperse quickly after hatching.
36 Spodoptera exigua early stage larvae disperse quickly within a few hours after hatching.
37 Spodoptera exigua early stage larvae on banana leaf
38 Spodoptera exigua early stage larvae feeding on banana leaf
39 Spodoptera exigua larva feeding on banana
40 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
41 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
42 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
43 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
44 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
45 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
46 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
47 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
48 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
49 Spodoptera exigua larvae on banana
50 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
51 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
52 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
53 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
54 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
55 Spodoptera exigua larvae on banana
56 Spodoptera exigua larvae on banana
57 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
58 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
59 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
60 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
61 Spodoptera exigua feeding on banana flag leaf
62 Spodoptera exigua larva on banana
63 Pupa of Spodoptera exigua
64 Spodoptera exigua - pupa
65 Pupa of Spodoptera exigua
66 Spodoptera exigua pupa has four spines on the cremaster (pupal apex), unlike the other three Spodoptera species, which have only one pair of spines. This character is useful in identifying the pupae of S. exigua.
67 Spodoptera exigua - adult moth
68 Spodoptera exigua - adult moth
69 Spodoptera exigua - adult moth
70 Spodoptera exigua - adult moth
71 Trichogramma sp. parasitizing Spodopera exigua
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73 Trichogramma sp., a parasitoid of Spodoptera exigua
74 Telenomus sp. is an egg parasitoid of Spodoptera exigua
75 Telenomus sp. nr. remus, an egg parasitoid of Spodoptera exigua
76 Telenomus sp. nr. remus, an egg parasitoid of Spodoptera exigua
77 Spodoptera exigua larva parasitized by Microplitis sp.
78 Spodoptera exigua parasitized by Microplitis sp.
79 Cocoon of Microplitis sp., a larval parasitoid of Spodoptera exigua
80 Cocoon of Microplitis sp., a parasitoid of Spodoptera exigua
81 Microplitis sp. nr. manilae, a major parasitoid of Spodoptera exigua
82 Microplitis sp. nr. manilae, a major parasitoid of Spodoptera exigua
83 Larvae of Chelonus formosanus emerging from Spodoptera exigua larva
84 Larva of Chelonus formosanus
85 Chelonus formosanus is an egg-larval parasitoid of Spodoptera exigua
86 Larva of Chelonus sp. nr. blackburni emerging from Spodoptera exigua larva
87 Chelonus sp. nr. blackburni, an egg-larval parasitoid of Spodoptera exigua
88 Chelonus sp. nr. blackburni, an egg-larval parasitoid of S. exigua
