Since seventeenth decade ago ,where the matter of fact had no great problem
for glcbe artichoke insect and animal pests infestation in Egypt Now a survey of
insect .animal species and associated predators was carried out during 2003 2004
and 2004 2005 seasons on globe artichoke grown at El» Ashartalaf village . Abou EI—
Matameer district . E|~ Behaira governorate, which it considered one of the important
local markets and export for artichoke Twenty nine speCIes belonging to eighteen
families and seven insect orders were recorded as insect pests on G. artichoke plants
These families are :- Agromyzidae; Calliphoridae . Muscidae Teohritidae (Order .
Diptera ) ; Aleyrodidae : Aphididae; Cicadellidae. Margarodidae (Order‘ Homoptera).
Formicidae ; Vespoidae( Order ,t-lymenoptera ), Pentatomidae (order Heteroptera ).
Noctuidae. Nymphalidae, Pieridae ( Order . Lepidoptera ), Acrldidae . Gryllidae .
Gryllctalpidae ( Order Orthoptera )and Trripidae ii Order Thysanoptera ) , beside
two animal pests , one species of two-spotted spider mite belonging to ( Order :
Acarina : family ; Tetranychidae ) and the second one, snail " Monacha cartusians "
belonging to ( Order ' Stylommatophora . Family : HeIICidae ) Also , Five species of
the associated insect predators were found belonging to four families and three
orders Family Aphididae recorded seven species represented the majority of the
found insect pests on G. artichoke leaves where's the other surveyed species for
insects and animal pest recorded in relative abundance . moderate ;rare and few
numbers during the period of study . In the present survey , Trypanea amoena Fr.
recorded few number during April — May as pupae theide G. artichoke heads (
Floweriness) as a first time in Egypt . few numbers of adults of whitefly speCies were
appeared only on G, artichoke leaves, whereas its immature stages absent
completely Moreover ; Chrysoper/a vulgaris ( Steph.) individuals were recorded in
relatively abundant numbers followed by Coccine/Ia undecimpunctata L., Cydcnia
Vicina varniiotica Muls, Paederus alfierii Koch and Cal/domantis savignyi ( Sauss .)
besid the Predaceous mite Phytoseiulus ,CE'I'Slm/fls (At-I.) on plant leaves during the
two tested seasons .