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close this bookNew Crop Production Handbook (Peace Corps, 1985, 390 p.)
close this folderSection I
close this folderEntomology
View the documentA. Introduction
View the documentB. Insect classification and structure
View the documentC. Metamorphosis
View the documentD. Insect control
View the documentE. Common crop insect identification

E. Common crop insect identification

We live in a world with teeming millions of insects - some useful and some harmful. There are about 686, 000 known species of insects. Some of the more common useful insects are honeybees, dragonflies, damselflies, wild bees, robberflies, tiger beetles, ladybeetles, silkworms, etc. Insects, of course, can be both harmful and useful. There are many more harmful than useful types The following Table is a list of the more common insects which are harmful to crop plants

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