9 April 2026 · News
Omnivorous pests
Larvae of wireworms, false wireworms, roaches in the fields and in the private sector, they move to the upper layers of the soil, in the crops of winter crops, perennial grasses, on arable lands they are noted on 13-34% of the areas, the maximum - on 49% of the areas (Kharkiv region) in the amount of 0.5-1.0 copies/m2, 1% of plants are damaged to a weak degree (Zhytomyr, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Chernivtsi region).
Sand medlar: the emergence of beetles from the places of wintering and settlement of agricultural crops continues, in particular, in the sowing of winter crops and on perennial grasses, they are noted in the amount of 0.5-1.0 specimens/m2, the maximum - up to 4 specimens/m2 (Mykolaiv region), 1-3% of plants are damaged to a weak degree (Mykolaiv region, Kharkiv region, Kherson region).
Winter scoop: in crops of winter grain crops, winter rape, on perennial grasses, the movement of caterpillars of the pest into the upper layers of the soil and renewal of their nutrition continues: 5-26% of the area is inhabited in the amount of 0.2-1.0 specimens/m2, 0.04-2% of plants are damaged to a weak degree (Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhya, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi region).
White cabbage: the beginning of the flight of butterflies in the amount of up to 2 specimens in the field of vision was noted (Kherson region).
Mwork-likeand rodentand: in crops of winter wheat, winter barley, winter rapeseed, on perennial grasses, in gardens, forest strips, on unploughed fields after corn and sunflower, arable land, fallow land, roadsides, pastures, 9-72%, maximum - up to 85-100% (Volynska, Dnipropetrovsk, Zakarpattia, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi regions) areas in the amount from single burrows to 4 colonies/ha (1-7, in some places - up to 9-15 (Kherson region) residential burrows/colony) (Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Transcarpathian, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Rivne, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi, Chernivtsi, Chernihiv regions).
Prepared by the Laboratory of Forecasts and Plant Quarantine of the Research Center of the National Academy of Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences based on the materials of regional institutions of the National Academy of Sciences and the State Production and Consumer Service
09 April 2026
Galagan T.O.
Fedorenko A.V.
Bakhmut O.O.
Vovkotrub O.M.
