Description
A “Harmful Insects” (55×90 cm) educational chart features color illustrations and brief notes on common insect species that cause significant damage to crops, stored products, and human or animal health.
Chart Features and Content
Size and Durability: The chart measures 55×90 cm, printed on multicolor art paper, laminated on both sides, and sometimes fitted with rollers for easy hanging and handling in classrooms and laboratories.
Key Insects Illustrated:
Agricultural Pests: Examples include locusts (devour crops), bollworms (damage cotton), stem borers (attack rice/maize), and aphids (sap feeders transmitting plant diseases).
Stored Grain Pests: Includes weevils and beetles that infest wheat, rice, and pulses, reducing food quality and yields.
Vectors of Disease: Mosquitoes (malaria, dengue, filaria), houseflies (spread bacteria/diarrheal diseases), sandflies (leishmaniasis), and fleas/lice (typhus and plague vectors).
Other Damaging Insects: Termites (damage wood), bedbugs (infest bedding, bite humans), and cockroaches (contaminate food, cause allergies).
Educational Use:
Each species is represented by a detailed illustration with its scientific and common name, and a brief note explaining the type of damage or disease risk it poses.
May include sections categorizing insects by affected area: crop pests, storage pests, and disease vectors, making the chart a comprehensive reference for life science or agriculture studies.
Designed to familiarize students with harmful insect identification, lifecycles, and pest management as part of environmental science, agriculture, and health education curricula.
This chart provides an at-a-glance guide to major insect pests, supporting lessons about pest biology, integrated pest management, and ecological consequences of infestations.