act as natural enemies, controlling pests such as whiteflies, thrips , aphids , and caterpillars . These living solutions integrate seamlessly into existing
for ornamental crops. Unlike pests such as spider mites , whitefly , and aphids , which have all the developmental stages on the leaves, thrips have a unique
true flies but belong to the order Hemiptera (true bugs ). Together with aphids and scale insects, they belong to the division Sternorrhyncha. In protected