Tomato leaf infected by whiteflies
Sep 28, 2023 • 8:08 AM UTC
Raghava Colony, Vali Colony, Toli Chowki, Hyderabad, Telangana 500008, India
140x Magnification
Insects and Arachnids
K.Ashalatha
Retired biology teacher. Previously I worked with TIFR as an outreach volunteer.
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In my balcony I had potted a tomato plant. While I was watering that plant I observed a leaf with white spots underside of the leaf. I wanted to observe those patches under the foldscope. While I was cutting the infected leaf I noticed small flies.
Then I put a piece of leaf under the foldscope but I couldn’t see clearly.
Later I caught hold of the insect and put it on a cavity slide and placed a coverslip gently over the insect. It is a white fly.
I saw some black ones which may be the 3rd instar stage of the fly.
Later I peeled the lower epidermis of another leaf which was less infected and observed the following.
Are these eggs? (140x + 2x of iPad)
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