Thrips
many species attacking various vegetable crops. Adult brown insect, length 1.2…1,4 mm. The larvae, yellowish, they forage by sucking up juices, which causes tiny silvery spots on the leaves, which turn brown over time. Heavily infested leaves and flower buds fall.
A bit of chives
onion pest, garlic and leeks. An adult dark brown butterfly has wings with a span 13 mm. Light green caterpillars, length 5 mm, they feed initially on the outside of the leaves, and then they bite inside the chives, they mine along, and sometimes they go down to the bulbs. Damaged onions rot and are not suitable for storage,





