• Effective control with Chrysopa-E!

  Economical and better biocontrol of aphids, mealy bugs and Echinothrips Aphids and mealy bugs are difficult to control and an increasing problem in many [...] predators By using an earlier phase of lacewing - the natural enemy of aphids , mealy bugs and echinothrips – growers can now tackle hotspots of these harmful

• Long-tailed mealybug

  plants of Pseudococcus longispinus is less extensive than that of the citrus mealy bug but it nevertheless encompasses many species of (ornamental) crops (e [...] damage. Life cycle and appearance of long-tailed mealybug The long-tailed mealy bug is easily recognized by the long, posterior tail filaments, which are [...] the latter apparently being the more common situation. Unlike most other mealy bugs , Pseudococcus longispinus produces no egg sac. Instead, the female

• Obscure mealybug

  General The obscure mealy bug ( Pseudococcus viburni ) (formerly known as Pseudococcus affinis) originates from South America, but can now be found in [...] two tail filaments are always markedly longer than the others. The obscure mealy bug ( Pseudococcus viburni ) is sometimes encountered on tomato, primarily

• Woolly apple aphid

  aphid are 1.2-2.6 mm long, purplish brown and covered by masses of white, mealy wax. The siphunculi are pore-like and the cauda is small. Eriosoma lanigerum

• La Hacienda Fresh increases crop profitability thanks to biological control

  have managed to control pests such as spider mites , thrips , aphids and mealy bugs . José Manuel Tafoya, junior production manager, the release of natural

• Citrus mealybug

  waxy material. They move very little. They can be distinguished from other mealy bugs by their possession of 18 pairs of relatively short wax rods round the

• Cucumber

  particularly troublesome. These tiny insects, characterized by their waxy and mealy appearance, have the potential to cause significant damage to cucumber plants