Hoplocampe

The hoplocampe is a Insecte of which there exist several varieties:

Hoplocampe of the pear tree, Hoplocampa brevis
Hoplocampe of the apple tree, Hoplocampa testudinea
common Hoplocampe of the plum tree, Hoplocampa flava
black Hoplocampe of the plum tree, Hoplocampa minuta

List species

According to ITIS:

Hoplocampa cookei (Clarke)
Hoplocampa testudinea (Klug)

Treatment

Upon the departure of the vegetation (10 to 15 days before the Flowering), to install white bands limed on the trees with a height from 0,70 to 1 meter. When the insects leave, they believe that they are the petals of flowers and come to be stuck to it.

Idem for the Fly of the cherry but with yellow bands.

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