| Celery fly | |
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| Celery fly damage to a celery leaf | |
| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Section: | Schizophora |
| Superfamily: | Tephritoidea |
| Family: | Tephritidae |
| Genus: | Euleia |
| Species: | Euleia heraclei |
| Synonyms | |
| Philophylla heraclei | |
The Celery fly (Euleia heraclei) is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in family Tephritidae.
Symptoms[]
A large blotch, yellow or brown, preceded by a short corridor that in the end mostly is completely overrun. Generally several larvae share a mine. Especially in fresh mines the green primary and secondary feeding lines are well visible. Pupation outside the mine.[1]
Treatment[]
If the attack of celery fly is only light its possible to pick off the affected parts of the blistered leaves to remove the pest.[2]
Chemical[]
A light spray with a greenfly bug spray or insecticide can also be used.[2]
Prevention[]
When hardening off the plants, cover the boxes and seedlings with a fine net. Deep trenching in Winter will bury the celery fly pupae and prevent the fly from hatching out.[2]
Examples[]
References[]
- ↑ Ellis, W.N. (2007). Euleia heraclei (Linnaeus, 1758). Zoölogisch Museum Amsterdam. Retrieved: 2010-08-28.
- ↑ a b c How to Control Celery Fly to avoid stunted growth. GardenGrower.com. Retrieved: 2010-08-28.
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