Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae)
 A population of pale green leafhoppers (Empoasca sp.)
 developed parallel to the aphid and ant populations, reaching a
 peak of two per plant sample nearly two weeks prior to the first
 harvest and then rapidly declining (Table 2). Most of the popula-
 tion was concentrated below 45 cm on the plant and single
 leaflets in this height range averaged two individuals each.
 Damage symptoms occurred as weak chlorotic areas on some
 leaves, but otherwise the damage from leafhoppers appeared
 minimal.


 Leafminer Flies (Agromyzidae)
 L. sativae first appeared four days after seedling emergence and
produced an average of 2.5 mines per leaflet (range, 1-17) one
week later (Table 2). At that time and during the following week
approximately 16% (range, 1-50%) of the leaf surface was
damaged. As plant growth progressed over the next three weeks,
these percentages declined and then began to slowly increase to
infestation levels similar to the second and third week of growth.
Leaf damage was confined to the basal /4 of the plant during the
last 2/3 of the growth period. By the time the harvest was com-
pleted, mines had also appeared in the middle and terminal
leaves apparently due to an increase in population from a new
generation. Immediate destruction of the plants should help
limit this new population.
 The effect of leafminers on plant growth was difficult to
estimate because leaves with mines did not turn brown or drop
off. During the ten weeks between emergence and last harvest,
18% of the leaves were infested and about 7% of their surface
was mined by larvae. However, between the third and eighth
week the percentage of leaves mined was low because of the rapid
production of new leaves and an apparent plateau in the leaf-
miner population growth. In general, the impact on plant growth
appeared to be minimal. Johnson et al. (1983) noted that


TABLE 2. Population development of secondary insect pests on asparagus beans.


 Mean No. per Plant Samplea
 Solenopsis Empoasca sp. Liriomyza sativae
 geminata e of leaf f mines/leaflet
 Date w/damage
 1/28b 0.6 0.04 (1 0.02
 2/4 1.9 0.08 16 2.5
 2/11 1.8 0.6 15 1.1
 2/18 2.4 1.0 3 1.0
 2/25 4.3 1.3 1.5 0.3
 3/5 6.3 1.2 2 0.3
 3/11 5.6 2.0 3 0.7
 3/19c 0.7 0.5 7 1.5
 3/25 0.8 0.5 12 1.6
 4/11 0.6 0.4 10 2.0


 A plant sample consisted of 1 trifoliate (including petiole) near the
 bottom, middle and top of plant, and the length of the main stem. The
 first true leaf substituted for a trifoliate on newly emerged plants.
 N=96 for weeksl-4 and n=24 thereafter.
 Seedlings emerged Jan. 24-25, 1982.


SFirst harvest was March 22, 1982.


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although L. sativae mining in tomato leaves could greatly reduce
the photosynthesis rate, it may not reduce the rate to a level that
decreases fruit production.
 WaspS in the family Braconidae (Opius sp.) and Eulophidae
(Diaulinopsis sp. and Chrysonotomyia sp.) were observed
parasitizing leafminer larvae in the field and adult wasps were
reared from leafminer pupae. In one instance 42 adult leafminers
and 20 wasps emerged from one group of leaves.

Miscellaneous insects and mites
 Table 3 lists all insects and mites recorded on asparagus beans.
Those not previously discussed were observed sporadically.


 TABLE 3. Arthropods collected from asparagus beans.


 Plant feeders
 Thysanoptera
 Thripidae Thrips
 Hempiptera
 Pentatomidae Stink bugs
 Nezara viridula (L.) Southern green stink bug
 Thyanta sp.
 Delphacidae Planthoppers
 Sogata sp.
 Cicadellidae Leafhoppers
 Empoasca sp.1
 Agallia albidula (Uhler)1
 Aphididae Aphids
 Aphis craccivora Koch Cowpea aphid
 Coleoptera
 Chrysomelidae Leaf beetles
 Ceratoma ruficornis Oliver
 Lepidoptera
 Noctuidae Noctuid moths
 Spodoptera sp. an armyworm
 Diptera
 Agromyzidae Leafminers
 Liriomyza sativae Blanchard Vegetable leafminer
 Acarina
 Tetranychidae Red spider mite
 Tetranychus sp.
 Miscellaneous feeders
 Coleoptera
 Pselaphidae Shortwinged mold beetle
 Hymenoptera
 Formcidae Ants
 Solenopsis geminata (F.) Fire ant
 Halictidae Halictid bees
 Predators
 Neuroptera
 Chrysopidae Green lacewings
 Chrysopa sp.
 Coleoptera
 Coccinellidae Lady beetles
 Cycloneda sanguinea Casey
 Diptera
 Syrphidae Flower flies
 Pseudodoros clavatus (F.)1
 Parasites
 Diptera
 Tachinidae Tachina flies
 Hymenoptera
 Braconidae Braconid wasps
 Opius sp.
 Eulophidae Eulophid wasps
 Diau/inopsis sp.1
 Chrysonotomyia sp.'

 'Not listed in Miskimen and Bond (1970).


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