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Amblyseius cucumeris |
ab |
9x7 |
Amblyseius cucmeris mite
attacking western flower thrips. |
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Aphidoletes larva on aphids |
ab |
9x6 |
Aphidoletes aphidimyza
larva, predator of 80 species of aphids, overwinters in pupal stage in soil. |
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Aphidoletes adult midge |
ab |
9x7 |
Aphidodoletes aphidimyza
predatory midge can be permanently established in orchards and landscapes that are
protected from strong prevailing winds. |
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Aphytis adult |
mb |
10x7 |
Aphytis melinus a
parasitic wasp of citrus red scale pests |
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Aphytis exit hole on scale |
mb |
11x8 |
Aphytis melinus exit holes on
edges of citrus red scales. |
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Cryptolaemus larva on mealybug |
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10x7 |
Cryptolaemus in the larval stage
feeding on adult mealybugs. |
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Cryptolaemus adult on mealybug |
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9x6 |
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, a
lady beetle that eats all stages of mealybugs. It also eats the eggs and immatures of
scale and some other homopteran pests. |
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Delphastus adult |
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11x5 |
Delphastus pusillus, a
small lady beetle that devours all stages of whitefly pests. It can consume 10,000
whitefly eggs. 6 weeks after a release of 100 adults, the reproduction can yield one
million predators. Adults tolerate temperatures between 45 and 105 degrees F. |
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Encarsia release on peppers |
di |
10x8 |
Encarsia formosa
parasitoid wasps of greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum prefers warm
temperatures (at least 64F), 60%+ RH. Place cards on lower leaves using 1 Encarsia
per 4 infested pepper plants weekly. |
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Encarsia adult on whitefly scale |
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9x6 |
Encarsia formosa lay eggs
in 2nd instar larval scale of greenhouse whitefly and, to a lesser extent,
sweet potato whitefly. |
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Encarsia-parasitized vs unparasitized |
ab |
11x7 |
Whitefly larval scales are light
colored. They turn black when they have been parasitized. |
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Decollate snail |
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Ruminex decollata, the
predator, cleans up the eggs and immatures of the brown garden snail. Destroying adult
pest snails by hand achieves control more quickly. |
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G. annectens w/persea |
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Galandromus annectens is
an aggressive predatory mite on all stages of Peresea mite. It can find the pest hiding
inside its webbing on the veins of avocado leaves. |
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Goniozus on navel orangeworm |
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11x7 |
Goniozus legneri is an
external parasitic wasp that lays eggs on the skin of navel orangeworm larvae, a pest of
almonds and walnuts. The wasp larva burrows into the worm larva and devours it from the
inside yielding a dozen or so new wasps. |
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Hippodamia adult |
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Convergent lady beetle adult, a
migratory predator that prefers aphids. |
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Hippodamia pupa |
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Convergent lady beetle pupa |
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Hippodamia larvae |
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Convergent lady beetle larvae
devouring an aphid. |
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Hippodamia egg cluster |
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Convergent lady beetle egg
cluster. |
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Hypoaspis miles |
ab |
11x7 |
Hypoaspis miles predatory
mites attack fungus gnat larvae and give supplemental control for western flower thrips in
soil, various media and cracks in benches and floors. |
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Lacewing adult |
mb |
11x7 |
Green lacewing adults eat nectar,
pollen and honeydew; the larvae are voracious predators |
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Lacewing egg stalk |
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Lacewing egg stalks are broadly
distributed on surfaces of leaves, branches, fences. |
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Lacewing eggs hatching- B&W |
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Lacewing larvae emerge from eggs
when the temperature is warm enough. |
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Lacewing larva w/aphid |
mb |
11x7 |
Green lacewing larvae
(Chrysoperla) feed on all stages of many soft-bodied plant-feeding pest insects. Adult
lacewing need pollen to lay eggs. |
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Lacewing larva w/ whitefly |
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Lacewing can become as resistent
to pesticides as whitefly. When whitefly are present in high numbers, lacewing are also
often abundant feeding on all stages of whitefly.. |
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Lacewing larvae w/worm |
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Lacewing larvae get the juice and
throw the skin away. They efficiently kill a few thousand pests the size of this larva.
The larva lives about 14 days in warm weather. |
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Lindorus lopanthe adult |
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11x7 |
Lindorus lopanthae, a
small lady beetle that feeds on all stages of all scale, except soft scale that are
covered with sticky honeydew |
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Metaphycus helvolus |
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6x7 |
Metaphycus helvolus,
parasitic wasp of soft black scale |
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Muscidifurax on fly pupa |
mb |
11x7 |
A beneficial wasp that attacks
fly pupae |
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Phytoseiulus persimilis-3 adults |
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Phytoseiulus persimilis thrives
on two-spotted spider mites under moderate conditions of temperature and humidity. Other
predatory mites tolerate more climatic extremes. |
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Six-spotted thrips adult B&W |
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Scolothrips sexmaculatus, a
predator that appears when spider mites and other pest mites are at high densities. It
knocks mites down quickly but does not clean up well. |
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Spalangia emerging [MB] |
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Spalangia endius emerging
from a fly pupae |
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Stethorus B&W |
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Stethorus punctillum, the
spider mite destroyer, works especially well in cucmber and pepper production at the
preventive rate of 200-500 beetles per acre. |
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T. pretiosum on T. ni egg |
mb |
11x8 |
Trichogramma pretiosum is
an internal parasitic wasp that attacks the eggs of many species of moths, including this
cabbage looper egg. They are so small, four or five can sit together on the head of a pin. |
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T. platneri on codling moth egg |
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Trichogramma platneri can
lay between 12 and 22 eggs in lepidopteran pest eggs, such as this codling moth egg. If
host eggs are distributed through-out an orchard, trichogramma wasps need nectar or
honeydew to strenghthen them for their search |
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T. platneri on amorbia egg |
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Trichogramma platneri
parasitizing the egg of amorbia, a caterpillar that devours avocado leaves. |
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T. bactrae on T. ni egg |
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Trichogrammatoidea bactrae
parasitizing a cabbage looper egg. |
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T.bactrae on PTB egg |
mb |
11x7 |
Trichogrammatoidea bactrae
parasitizing a peach twig borer egg. |
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