Beneficial Insects- CALL TO PLACE ORDER
Beneficial insects are insects that perform valued services like pollination & pest control. Predatory mites capture & eat other insects or mites. Parasitoids are insects that parasitize other insects.
Neoseuilus Cucumbers are small (0.5 mm) cream coloured mites that feed on western flower, onion, broad & cyclamen mites. Each sachet contains 1000 mites
These mites can live without food for weeks & can be easily established in your crop. They are 1mm, tan mites that live on the top layers of soil/soil-less mixes. Feeding on fungus gnats, root mealybugs, thrip larva & other soil dwelling insects.
Ladybug larvae will eat about 400 medium-sized aphids before pupating. An adult ladybug feeds on about 300 medium-sized aphids before laying eggs. It eats 3-4 aphids for each egg it lays. Approximately 5,000 aphids during the adult's lifetime.
Guardian for Fungus Gnat Kit is a 2 application of beneficial nematodes about 2 weeks apart. The kit contains yellow sticky cards with twist ties for trapping adults.
Neoseiulus Fallacis are small tan to light orange coloured pear shaped mites that feed on various mites. They can survive with low spider mite populations by feeding on small arthropods & pollen. They require relative humidities over 50% to survive.
The Brown Lacewing is typically 6-12 mm long (adults) & mostly brown or blackish in colour with brown patchy wings. Larvae are elongate & small-headed. Considered a General Predator; they feed on aphids, mealybug & mites.
Guardian for Fungus Gnat Kit is a 2 application of beneficial nematodes about 2 weeks apart. The kit contains yellow sticky cards with twist ties for trapping adults.
Adults are tiny fly-like midges, active only at night. They search out Aphid colonies by scent. Once a colony is located, they lay their eggs beside it. The small orange larvae hatch in 2- 3 days & feed on aphids, killing more than they can consume.
Lacewings are general predators that feed on aphids, mealybugs, scales, spider mites, thrips, whiteflies, insect eggs (leafhoppers, moths, & beetle larvae). They are best known as aphid predators & known to feed on 100s of aphid over its lifetime.
Contains 3 spider mite predators including Phytoseiulus persimilis, Stethorus punctillum & Amblyseius fallacis.
All insects are sent in separate containers
Rove Beetles can fly quite well with their functional hind wings tucked carefully underneath. They feed on fungus gnat & shore fly larvae. All stages actively search for prey. Adult beetles & larvae will search for eggs, young larvae & pupae.
Contains 3 spider mite predators including Phytoseiulus persimilis (2x2,000 mites in vermiculite), Stethorus punctillum (100 adults) and Amblyseius fallacis (1000 in vermiculite). All insects are sent in separate containers