Tom Groot shares how we stay ahead of the game – Original Stories about Predatory Mites

Mycotal FAQ

during the day. Humidity levels must be 70%(RH) at the moment of application and a couple of hours after the application. The humidity within the leaf [...] kills insects. The product is packed in a cardboard box which contains a bag of blastospores of the unique fungus, Akanthomyces muscarius Ve6. Against which [...] penetrate the pest’s body cavity. Here they proliferate and destroy the tissues, killing the insect. At high humidity, the fungus then grows through the insect

Click beetles

and feed on the roots of many plants. Damage symptoms The click beetles feed on the roots and bore into the base of plants. This can cause the plants to [...] fully grown the larvae pupate in the soil in summer. The adults appear about 4 weeks after pupation, but usually remain in the soil until the following spring [...] appearance of Click beetles Adult Agriotis sp. are 6-10 mm long and yellowish brown to black. The eggs are laid in May or June in groups in the soil. They

Olive scale

Removal of large quantities of sap debilitate the plant and can cause wilting, desiccation of tissues and dieback. Life cycle and appearance of Olive scale [...] Eggs are protected under the shield until they hatch. The emerging crawlers settle mostly along the main veins on the lower sides of mature leaves. Many young [...] amounts of honeydew causing build-up of sticky deposits on nearby surfaces. The honeydew may attract attendant ants and sooty moulds grow on the sugary deposits

Blackcurrant aphid

distal third of the siphunculi is slightly swollen. In spring, the blackcurrant aphid lives on the underside of the young leaves of currant plants. It does [...] females of the blackcurrant aphid are 1.3-2.6 mm long and pale greenish white or sometimes yellowish, often with a darker green spinal stripe. The distal [...] present in the Russian Far East and North America. Damage symptoms Blackcurrant aphids produce large amounts of sticky honeydew on which black sooty mould

Thrip control in Strawberry with Orius laevagatus

stages of the pest, including the adults. The presence of pollen enhances the rate of development of Orius, hence they are frequently found in the flowers [...] on thrips. The establishment of Orius is most effective at day temperatures in excess of 18 0 C, and in view of this, the introduction of the predatory [...] Control of thrips using the predatory bug Orius laevigatus in strawberry crops. Thrips are one of the most difficult pests for the strawberry grower. They

Goat moth

larvae bore into the bark and down to the sap wood. Development takes 3 or 4 years. The larvae feed on the wood most of the time hibernating in their galleries [...] from the bark of attacked trees. The larvae emit an unpleasant goat-like smell. Trees eventually die. Life cycle and appearance of Goat moth The wingspan [...] spines on the abdominal segment. The moths fly at night in June or July and lay eggs on tree trunks in batches of up to 50. After the eggs hatch, the larvae

Picusan

dispenser in the top basket of the trap When using the kairomone: place the kairomone in the white bucket of the trap Pheromone and kairomone can be used [...] traps per hectare (2 in the centre of the field spaced at 25 metres and 4 at the borders of the field spaced at 100 metres) For protective pull strategy safety [...] effectively reduces the reproductive potential of the population. Presentation Ten sets in a box. Preparation When using the pheromone: place the pheromone dispenser

Large raspberry aphid

direct feeding damage. The major problem is the spreading of various raspberry viruses by the aphids. Life cycle and appearance of Large raspberry aphid [...] Overwintering eggs of the large raspberry aphid are laid near the base of vegetative canes and hatch in spring. After emerging in spring, the aphids mainly [...] Wingless females of the large raspberry aphid are 2.6-4.1 mm long, pale to yellowish green with long antennae, legs and siphunculi. The cauda is short and

Large blackberry aphid

Wingless females of the large blackberry aphid are 2.6-4.1 mm long, pale to yellowish green with long antennae, legs and siphunculi. The cauda is short and [...] and triangular. The aphids overwinter as eggs on blackberry plants. After emerging in spring, the aphids mainly feed on the underside of leaves and start [...] host specific the host plant is the simplest method to distinguish these two species. The large blackberry aphid is widely distributed in Europe and also