natural enemies mites
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Neoseiulus californicus predatory mite against mites
Appearance: Adult Neoseiulus californicus ( Amblyseius californicus) are dirty white to yellow-orange in color, drop-shaped with short legs. The eggs are translucent to white and closely resemble the eggs of spider mites. They are deposited on the underside of leaves. When the nymphs and adults feed on spider mites are translucent white with an orange X-shaped pattern on the back. If they have had no food while they are thin and uniform light color.. Effect/Activity: Predatory mites pierce their prey and suck it dry. N. californicus as a larva preference for the younger stages of spider mites. The adult female can eat all stages. If sufficient prey is available N. californicus eats fewer spider mites than Phytoseiulus persimilis. N. californicus can also survive on other mites or spider mites and pollen, and can survive several days without prey. At low prey densities they are more effective than Phytoseiulus persimilis. Conditions: N. californicus is quite resistant to high temperatures. The predatory mite does not hibernate. Below 10 ° C there is no development taking place. Biology: The development from egg to adult mite takes six days at 25 º C. A predatory mite should combine to offspring. Approximately 60 eggs per female are laid over a period of 20-30 days. Application: SPICAL can be used successfully in interior landscapes, botanical gardens, zoo's, research greenhouses and ornamental plants. SPICAL is less sensitive to (residu) pesticides than Phytoseiulus persimilis |
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Feltiella acarisuga gall-midge against mites
Appearance: The adult mosquitoes are pinkish brown, with light and barely noticeable hair on wings and body. The antennae of males are longer and hairier than the female. The eggs are pale yellow, banana shaped and translucent. They are on the underside of leaves with spider mite damage laid. The color of the larva varies with the body content: orange, yellow or red. The cocoon is white and often lies along a bladnerf. Galmuglarve killed by the bark shrinks and discolored brown or black. Effect/Activity: The larvae eat all stages of spider mites. They attack their prey and stun it. Then they suck him dry. The adult mosquitoes do not eat spider mites, but just water and sugar. They actively seek spider mite colonies and are active at night. Feltiella is especially a good fighter when a large population of mites is present. Conditions: High humidity promotes the outcome of the gall-midges. Temperatures above 30 ° C are lethal. The optimum conditions are temperatures between 20 and 27 ° C and 80% humidity. At temperatures below 8 ° C the development stops . Biology: The development from egg to adult flies at 25 ° C takes about 10 days. Adult mosquitoes live 2-3 days. A female lays about 100 eggs. The larvae eat about 30 spider mite or 80 spider mite eggs per day. Application: SPIDEND can be used successfully in interior landscapes, botanical gardens, zoo's, research greenhouses and ornamental plants. |
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Phytoseiulus persimilis predatory mite against two spotted spidermite
Appearance: Adult mites are pear-shaped, glossy and bright red in color. They have four pairs of legs. Young stages are transparent to light red and have three pairs of legs. The eggs are oval, pale pink, translucent and shiny. For comparison, the eggs of spider mites are round, translucent and smaller. All stages of predatory mites (except eggs) to move quickly across the leaf. Effect/Activity: An adult eats all stages of Phytoseiulus kasspintmijt. The carnation mite is much less eaten. The amount of mites eaten, depending on density of bark, relative humidity and temperature. Phytoseiulus is mainly used to control spider mites. In the absence of spider mites eat each other. Conditions: The humidity must be at least 75%. This differs clearly from Koppert strain compared to the Entocare strain (Tetrix), where the humidity should be at least 40%. The temperature should be regularly above 20 ° C out. At temperatures above 30 ° C Phytoseiulus is less effective. Biology: The development of Phytoseiulus stages are egg, larva, first nymphal stage, second stage nymph and adult predatory mites. The development at 25 ° C takes about 7 days. The eggs are laid close to the spider mites. At 20 ° C a mature adult predatory mite kills about five spider or twenty young larvae and eggs, but the development of the predatory mite at this temperature is twice as fast as the development of spider mites. Between 17 ° C and 28 ° C up to 60 eggs per female. Application: SPIDEX can be used successfully in interior landscapes, botanical gardens, zoo's, research greenhouses and ornamental plants. |
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Phytoseiulus persimilis predatory mite against two spotted spidermite
Appearance: Adult mites are pear-shaped, glossy and bright red in color. They have four pairs of legs. Young stages are transparent to light red and have three pairs of legs. The eggs are oval, pale pink, translucent and shiny. For comparison, the eggs of spider mites are round, translucent and smaller. All stages of predatory mites (except eggs) to move quickly across the leaf. Effect/Activity: An adult eats all stages of Phytoseiulus kasspintmijt. The carnation mite is much less eaten. The amount of mites eaten, depending on density of bark, relative humidity and temperature. Phytoseiulus is mainly used to control spider mites. In the absence of spider mites eat each other. Conditions: The humidity must be at least 75%. This differs clearly from Koppert strain compared to the Entocare strain (Tetrix), where the humidity should be at least 40%. The temperature should be regularly above 20 ° C out. At temperatures above 30 ° C Phytoseiulus is less effective. Biology: The development of Phytoseiulus stages are egg, larva, first nymphal stage, second stage nymph and adult predatory mites. The development at 25 ° C takes about 7 days. The eggs are laid close to the spider mites. At 20 ° C a mature adult predatory mite kills about five spider or twenty young larvae and eggs, but the development of the predatory mite at this temperature is twice as fast as the development of spider mites. Between 17 ° C and 28 ° C up to 60 eggs per female. Application: Phytoseiulus can be used successfully in interior landscapes, botanical gardens, zoo's, research greenhouses and ornamental plants. |
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Macrolophus pygmaeus, predatory bug against mites
Appearance: Adults: size 6 mm, green, slim, long legs and antennae, mainly in shoots and along stems Eggs: invisible, in leaves and stems Nymphs: yellowish-green to green, mainly on the underside of leaves Effect/Activity: Adult predatory bugs and nymphs search actively for their prey, insert their sucking mouthparts and suck out the contents. If whitefly eggs, larvae or pupae are eaten by a predatory bug, only the skin remains usually in its original form with a tiny hole where the mouthpart of the predatory bug have been inserted. Conditions: At low temperatures Macrolophus caliginosus develops very slowly. Biology: Development from egg to adult: 30 days at 25ºC. At 25ºC female lays maximum 120 eggs and lives for about 40 days. A female lays up to 4-5 eggs per day. Eggs are being laid in the plant tissue, mainly in the veines and stem and almost unvisible. An adult predatory bug eats 2-5 adult whiteflies per day, 15-20 pupae or 30-40 larvae. Application: MIRICAL can be used successfully in interior landscapes, botanical gardens, zoo's, research greenhouses and ornamental plants. |
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Amblyseius swirskii, predatory mite against mites
Appearance: Mobile stages: beige-pink, droplet shaped, 'pushed down' position on short legs Eggs: oblong, transparant white All stages can be found in the corner of main vein and lateral veins and in the flowers. It is not possible to distinguish Amblyseius swirskii in the field from Amblyseius cucumeris and Amblyseius californicus. Effect/Activity: Adult predatory mites search for their prey or wait for it to pass by, then suck it dry. Conditions: The predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii is: not susceptible to diapause, so can be introduced in winter tolerant to high temperature A. swirskii population starts to develop when daytemperature regularly exceeds 20-22°C Biology: Amblyseius swirskii can also develop on pollen of sweet pepper and aubergine apply preventive introduction on pollen only from the moment when crop flowers continuously Application: SWIRSKI-MITE can be used successfully in interior landscapes, botanical gardens, zoo's, research greenhouses and ornamental plants. |
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Neoseiulus cucumeris predatory mite against mites
Appearance: Adult Neoseiulus cucumeris are beige-pink in color and have short legs. Their body is pear-shaped and slightly flattened. They are about 0.4 mm. They are hardly visible in the crop. The nymphs are pale brown in color. They are very moving corpse as the adults. The eggs are translucent white. Thrips, Neoseiulus which sucked, are difficult to observe. Effect/Activity: Predatory mites pierce their prey and suck it dry. Besides thrips eat pollen and mites N. cucumeris also, including spider mites. This is important because it enables the mites themselves in the absence of thrips larvae to maintain plants in the greenhouse and also multiply. A. cucumeris up especially thrips larvae in the first stage. N. cucumeris can be used preventively. Conditions: When humidity is below 60% dry up all the eggs. The temperature should be regularly above 20 ° C and released must not exceed 35 º C.. The minimum development temperature is 8 ° C. A. cucumeris does not go into hibernation and can also be applied to short days. Biology: The development from egg to adult mite takes 8-9 days at 25 º C. A predatory mite should combine to offspring. The first 2 days after egg laying adult. A female lays about 2 per day eggs in her lifetime. A predatory mite lives for about 20 days. At 25 ° C the predatory mite is able to eat 6 mites per day. Application: THRIPEX can be used successfully in interior landscapes, botanical gardens, zoo's, research greenhouses and ornamental plants. |
