Animals can cause major damage to the vineyard by eating and contaminating the grapes, damaging parts of the vine (roots, trunk, shoots, foliage) and transmitting diseases through various microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses. Pests include various beetles and their larvae, butterflies and their caterpillars, aphids, snails, pest birds, as well as vertebrates such as ground squirrels, hares, deer, kangaroos, rabbits, rats, deer, wild boars and voles. However, many insects also occur as beneficial insects and are sometimes deliberately released or encouraged as predators in the vineyard to control other insects in the vineyard.
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Andreas Essl
Autor, Modena