19 May 2026 · News
Omnivorous pests.
wire workers, false wirewormand: in crops of winter and spring crops, sunflowers, perennial grasses, fruit, berry and nut crops, 2-16% of the area, 2-3% of plants in the amount of 0.5-2.0 specimens/m2, 1-5% of plants were damaged to a weak degree (Zhytomyr, Odesa, Sumy, Chernihiv regions).
May Khrushch: in crops of winter and spring cereals, sunflowers, perennial grasses, plantations of fruit, berry and nut crops, 3-19% of the area, 2-3% of the plants in number are inhabited by larvae 0.1-2.0 ex./m2, 2-4% of plants are damaged to a weak degree and the flight of beetles in the amount of 2-3 ex./min., or the settlement of bushes in the amount of 3-5 ex./bush is observed (Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Sumy, Chernihiv regions).
Sand medlar: in the crops of winter wheat, barley, peas, sunflower and perennial grasses, it was noted on 3-46% of the area, at most - on 100% of the area (Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Kharkiv, Kherson regions) in the amount of 0.2-2.0 specimens/m2, maximum - up to 3.0 specimens/m2 (Kherson region), damaged 0.5-4% of plants in a weak degree (Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Kherson regions).
Nibbling scoops (winter, autumn): in crops of winter grain crops and perennial grasses, 10-46% of the areas were inhabited by caterpillars in the amount of 0.5-2.0 specimens/m2, 1-2% of plants were slightly damaged (Sum, Kharkiv regions).
Meadow butterfly: on badlands and non-arable lands, 5-100% of the area was marked with the flight of butterflies of the 1st generation, flight intensity – 1-2 copies. for 50 steps (Odesa, Kherson region).
Bilanand: in winter rapeseed crops, gardens, on arable land, fallow land on 5-27% of the area, at most - on 100% of the area (Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava region), a flight of butterflies was noted in the amount of 1-3 specimens in a radius of 25 m, or 1-6 specimens in the field of vision in 30 minutes, caterpillars settled in in gardens, 1% of trees in the amount of 1-2 copies. per 1 m of linear branch (Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Kherson, Cherkasy, Chernihiv regions).
Gray beet weevil: in sugar beet and sunflower crops, 9-72% of the areas were invaded in the amount of 0.2-0.3 ex./m2, 0.3-6% of plants were damaged to a weak degree (Rivnensk, Ternopil region).
Southern gray weevil: in pea and sunflower crops, 3-5% of the area was invaded in the amount of 0.5-1.0 specimens/m2, 1-3% of plants were damaged to a weak degree (Odesa region).
Mwork-likeand rodentand: in crops of winter wheat, winter rapeseed, and perennial grasses, 7-25% of the area is inhabited in the amount of 1-2 colonies/ha for 2-3 living holes/colony (Zhytomyr region).
Olenka is hairy: in crops of winter rapeseed and sunflower on 2-38% of the area, on 1-8% of the plants, the pest was noted in the amount of 0.5-3.0 copies/plant, 1-8% of the plants were damaged mainly to a light and medium degree (Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Cherkasy, Chernihiv regions), in gardens - by it 4-20% of the area is inhabited in the amount of 1-2 specimens/tree, 1-5% of plants are damaged, to a weak degree (Volyn, Cherkasy 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
May 19, 2026
Galagan T.O.
Fedorenko A.V.
Bakhmut O.O.
Vovkotrub O.M.
