Beneficial Insects Flashcards
Description
Encarsia formosa - system
Parasitic Wasp - Attacks Whitefly Nymphs and Pupae
Eretmocerus eremicus - system
Parasitic Wasp - Attacks Whiteflys and Silverleaf Whiteflys
Eretmix - system
Combination of Encarsia formosa + Eretmocerus eremicus - Attacks Whiteflys
Eretmocerus mundus - system
Parasitic Wasp - Attacks Silverleaf Whitefly
Poinsettia - mix - system
Combination of Encarsia formosa + Eretmocerus mundus - Attacks greenhouse and Silverleaf Whiteflys
Amblyseius swirskii - system
Predatory mite - Attacks Whitefly eggs and nymphs. Also attacks on thrips larvae.
Delphastus catalinea - system
Small Ladybird beetle - Attacks large infestations of whiteflys.
Tamarixia triozae - system
Attacks immature psyllids
Hypoaspis miles - system
Small predatory mite - Attacks Fungus Gnat eggs, larvae and pupae.
Steinernema feltiae - system
Parasitic nematode - Attacks fungus gnat larvae
Atheta coriaria - system
Predatory Rove Beetle - Attacks shore fly and fungus gnats. Also feeds on thrips pupae.
Diglyphus isaea - system
Parasitic wasp - Attacks leafminer larvae
Amblyseius cucumeris - system
Small predatory mite - Attacks Thrips
Amblyseius swirskii - system
Small predatory mite - Attacks Thrips
Steinernema feltiae - system
Parasitic nematode - attacks Thrips on foliage, flowers, and soil.
Orius insidiosus - system
Long lived bug - attacks thrips, whiteflies, aphids, spider mites.
Amblyseius degenerans - system
Predatory mite - attacks thrips
Aphidius colemani - system
Parasitic wasp - attacks small aphid species.
Aphidius matricariae - system
Parasitic wasp - attacks tobacco aphid
Aphidius ervi - system
Parasitic wasp - attacks larger aphids
Aphidius colemani mix - system
Colemani + ervi parasitic wasps - attacks both small and large aphids.
Aphelinus abdominalis - system
Parasitic wasp - attacks a range of aphid species.
Aphi mix - system
Colemani + ervi + matricariae + abdominalis - Attacks all species of aphids.
Aphidoletes aphidimyza - system
Predatory gall midge - attacks heavy infestations of aphids.
Banker - system
Beneficial plants that serve as host for predatory beneficial insects - attack/host for aphids.
Chrysopa carnea - system
Predatory lacewings - attack many aphid species.
Adalia bipunctata - system
Predatory beetle (ladybug) - attacks many aphid species.
Podisus maculiventris - system
Spined soldier bud - attacks caterpillars
Steinernema carpocapsae - system
Beneficial nematode - attacks caterpillars
Phytoseiulus persimilis - system
Predatory mite - attacks spider mites
Amblyseius californicus - system
Predatory mite - attacks spider mites
Amblyseius fallacis - system
Predatory mite - attacks spider mites
Amblyseius andersonii - system
Predatory mite - attacks a wide range of mites
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri - system
Predatory beetle - attacks mealybugs
Anagyrus pseudococci - system
Parasitic wasp - attacks/stings mealybugs
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora - B Green
Parasitic nematode - attacks white grubs/weevil beetle larvae.
Steinernema kraussei - system
Beneficial nematode - attacks weevil/beetle larvae
Atheta coriaria - system
Predatory rove beetle - attacks shore fly and fungus gnats.
Steinernema carpocapsae - system
Beneficial nematode - attacks shore fly larvae in the soil
Dicyphus hesperus - system
omnivorous true bug - attacks whiteflys
Galendromus occidentalis - system
predatory mite - attacks spider mites
Feltiella acarisuga - system
predatory gall midge - attacks spider mites
