• Two-spotted spider mite

  the leaf surface can lead to loss of the crop. The nymphs and adults also produce webs, and plants can get completely covered with such webs in which the [...] of leaves. They have an oval body that is rounded at the rear end. Their colour can vary from orange, light yellow or light green to dark green, red, brown [...] their small size, they are capable of very rapidly doing severe damage, due to their great reproductive capacity. There are more than 1200 species worldwide

• Bugs

  Heteropteran bugs are hemimetabolous insects. Their life cycle consists of an egg, usually five nymphal instars and the adult insect. Several species of [...] damage Phytophagous bugs damage plants by puncturing leaves and growing points with their piercing-sucking mouthparts and extracting nutrients from them, resulting

• Impatiens thrips

  is an increasing problem in greenhouse cultivation, having spread to many countries within the last 30 years. The thrips have mostly been able to spread [...] thrips is relatively large. Both males and females are dark brown to black in colour with orange pigmentation between the segments, and the dark wings are [...] Thrips cause damage to plants by piercing the cells of the surface tissues and sucking out their contents, causing the surrounding tissue to die. The resulting

• Amblyseius swirskii

  leaf veins to rest. Their colour can vary according to the prey eaten, and varies from almost lucent whitish to opaque white or yellow. Due to their size [...] in the crop, not exposed to direct sunlight Sachets already have an exit hole Hold sachets by the cardboard strip at the top, to avoid damaging the predatory [...] whiteflies. At 25°C under optimal conditions, an adult female Amblyseius swirskii lays 2.3 eggs per day with Trialeurodes vaporariorum eggs as prey. Under

• Broad mite

  underside near the leaf stalk, which tends to cause the leaf to turn brown and curl up. A typical indication of an attack of broad mite ( Polyphagotarsonemus [...] attached to the surface and are rather large (about 0.07 mm) compared with the subsequent, active stages. They are transparent and speckled with white dots [...] emus latus) are not a serious problem, as they are unable to overwinter. Mites belonging to the family of tarsonemids ( Tarsonemidae ) display a greater

• Onion thrips

  are inserted into the plant tissue with a saw-like ovipositor. Larvae are light to yellowish green in colour, with a large head and bright red eyes. The [...] Thrips cause damage to plants by piercing the cells of the surface tissues and sucking out their contents, causing the surrounding tissue to die. The resulting [...] and pupal instars can be recognized by their developing wing buds. Compared with the prepupa, the pupa has longer, more developed wing buds and longer antennae

• Citripar

  Wood chips. Application Use a pen or sharp tool to make a hole in the sticker on the lid. Use the label to hang the tube in the crop following the instructions [...] mummified skin of the host and look like swollen mealybug larvae. Empty pupae have an irregular exit hole at the posterior end of the mummy after the parasitic [...] depends on climate, crop and mealybug density and should always be adjusted to the particular situation. Start introduction preventively or as soon as the

• Cucumber

  frames. The plant supports itself with thin, spiraling tendrils. The cucumber plant has large leaves and it produces an elongated, cylindrical fruit that [...] Cucumis sativus ) is a popular, extensively cultivated plant that belongs to the gourd family of Cucurbitaceae . The cucumber originates from South Asia

• Neoseiulus cucumeris

  dependent on the size of the prey larvae. Thrips larvae try to defend themselves against an attack by a predatory mite by violently jerking their abdomens [...] and thrips larvae killed by an adult mite are sometimes partly consumed by the nymphs. At 25°C under optimal conditions, an adult female Neoseiulus cucumeris [...] same colour as the eggs, and are only slightly larger. They do not need to feed to develop into a protonymph. The nymphs are larger than the larvae, have

• Swirski-Mite LD

  in the crop, not exposed to direct sunlight Sachets already have an exit hole Hold sachets by the cardboard strip at the top, to avoid damaging the predatory [...] swirskii is sensitive to relative humidity below 60%. Combined use Can be combined with Orius spp. and whitefly parasitoids. Do not combine with other generalist [...] over a period of several weeks. Predatory mites use their piercing mouthparts to extract the contents of their prey. Pack size 500 sachets. Each sachet contains