Tussock caterpillar: Orgyia (=Notolophus )postica

Symptoms of damage:

• Cause defoliation 

Identification of the pest:

• Larva: Head is brown in colour. Prothorax with a pair of long pencils of hairs pointing forward. Abdomen- laterally first two segments have tufts of yellowish hair. Long brown hairs from the 8th segment onwards
• Adult: Male moth with brown coloured with stout abdomen. Female apterous water

Management:

• To control early stage larvae, spray neem seed kernel extract (NSKE) 5% or spray chlorpyriphos 2.5ml or neem oil 5ml/ litre of water