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Saddle-backed bush cricket

Saddle-backed bush cricket, these + 2.5 cm large grasshoppers are found in all of Europe except the British Isles. Continue reading

Salsify

Salsify has a long taproot. Salsify belongs to the ‘forgotten’ vegetables.
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Sansevieria

Sansevieria is a cactus-like plant in the asparagus family with distinctive long strap-like leaves. Continue reading

Savoy cabbage

Savoy cabbage is a winter vegetable and one of the many types of cabbage. It has wrinkled, emerald green, crisp leaves.
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Scale insect

Scale insects, the + 1.5 mm insects are found worldwide. Continue reading

Scarlet elf cup

Scarlet elf cup; the scarlet elf cup is found in winter and early spring on mossed and decayed wood.
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Sclerotinia disease

This fungus affects plants in moist, dark and warm environments (15-21°C). The plant becomes covered with woolly fungal fluff, wilts and dies.
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Scrambled egg slime

Scrambled egg slime is a slime mold and can move around. Continue reading

Septoria blight

Septoria blight survives on seed. Infection occurs during periods of warm and humid weather (late summer, early fall).
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Shallot

Shallots belong to the onion family (Allium); they generally propagate vegetatively, but sowing is also possible. Continue reading