• Advanced biocontrol of spider mite with Spidex Vital

  February 3, 2021

  control of spider mite hotspots by building populations with improved egg-laying capacity. Trials conducted with the new composition showed the searching [...] already have enough energy to develop their eggs and can immediately start laying their eggs on release. Formerly, they first needed to feed in the field [...] they start depositing their eggs directly, they have an improved ability to lay more eggs in the same time frame, hugely enhancing the biocontrol process

• The Spread of Whitefly

  August 14, 2020

  the larvae can only move in the first stage. The adult insects prefer to lay their eggs on young leaves well inside the plant, and this is where you tend [...] large, the adult insects will fly to another plant in search of somewhere to lay their eggs. There is also a threat of spread due to an attack from outside [...] tobacco whitefly spreads out over the plant in its entirety. The females lay their eggs on the underside of the leaves, just the same. Adult insects can

• Amblydromalus limonicus

  At 25°C under optimal conditions, an adult female Amblydromalus limonicus lays 3.7 eggs per day on young eggs, 1.2 eggs per day on older eggs and 3.3-3 [...] crawlers and nymphs. It consumes about 7 first instar larvae of thrips and lays 3 eggs per day at 25°C under optimal conditions. Life cycle of Amblydromalus [...] have shown that even at temperatures as low as 14 °C, it maintains high egg-laying and predation rates. Under fluctuating conditions, such as 16 hours at 16

• Limonica strong contender against persistent thrips

  August 5, 2025

  supplemental feeding. A. limonicus egg laying and predation capacity on S. dorsalis larvae A. limonicus egg laying and predation capacity on S. dorsalis [...] “We’ve seen it thrive especially well between 20 and 25°C, with increased egg-laying and feeding activity, but what truly sets Limonica apart from other predatory

• About bumblebees

  as search for a suitable nest site. Once a nest is chosen, she will start laying eggs to build her own colony. Approximately 4 weeks after the first eggs [...] the queen will not leave it. She will be inside the nest, continuingly laying eggs and providing orders for the worker bumblebees. In late summer the

• Eretmocerus eremicus

  programs. This wasp exhibits a fascinating parasitic behavior: the female lays her eggs inside the immature whitefly nymphs, and upon hatching, the larvae [...] Females prefer the second and third larval instars of whiteflies for egg-laying, depositing eggs beneath the larvae. The egg initially appears transparent

• Anagyrus vladimiri

  Behaviour of the parasitic wasp Anagyrus vladimiri The female Anagyrus vladimiri lays its eggs inside the body of the mealybug. Upon hatching, the larvae feed [...] but females will also readily attack second and fourth instars. The female lays a single egg in each host. Eggs laid in smaller hosts usually produce males

• At a Glance: Allies in the Fight Against Whitefly

  August 18, 2020

  whitefly . Parasitic wasps act as a parasite to the larvae of whitefly by laying eggs in the larvae itself, producing yet another parasitic wasp. Parasitic [...] to eat, they will fly on to a different spot. The mature beetles will only lay eggs once they are certain that there is enough food to raise their offspring

• Caterpillars: a growth explosion in the life of butterflies and moths

  June 30, 2023

  Butterfly and moth females lay eggs, often in groups on the leaves or other parts of plants. Some species separate them; some lay a row of eggs, while others [...] c shape, color, and pattern. The number of eggs also varies: one species lays dozens, the other thousands. Phase 2: from egg to caterpillar A small caterpillar

• Miglyphus

  Diglyphus isaea kill second and third instar leaf miner larvae in the mine and lay their eggs next to them. The eggs develop into parasitic wasps inside the