• Click beetles

  yellowish brown to black. The eggs are laid in May or June in groups in the soil. They hatch about one month later and the larvae start to feed on roots [...] skinned. They are up to 25 mm long and usually shiny yellowish brown or light brown with a darker head. Larval development takes 4 to 5 years. When fully [...] feed on the roots and bore into the base of plants. This can cause the plants to wilt and die. Damage is more severe in young plants. Life cycle and appearance

• Large raspberry aphid

  in the crop. Wingless females of the large raspberry aphid are 2.6-4.1 mm long, pale to yellowish green with long antennae, legs and siphunculi. The cauda [...] appear in June and July and migrate to new canes or host plants where they produce wingless aphids again. In October to December winged aphids appear again [...] symptoms Large raspberry aphids rarely reach populations that are high enough to reduce yield by direct feeding damage. The major problem is the spreading