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KEY FEATURES
• Targets a wide range of thrips species
• Long history of highly effective use against thrips larvae
• Disperses quickly throughout the crop.
• Applicable for use in a wide range of crops
• Amblyseius mites can also feed on pollen which allows for effective, long term control
• Mites are not susceptible to diapause
Target Pests
Thrips (western ower thrips, chilli thrips) / Broad mite / Cyclamen mite
Target Crops
Vegetables / Ornamentals / Berries
Target Life Stages
Larvae
Delivery Systems
Sachets, Tubes & Bags
KEY FEATURES
• Orius is the only biological control agent that kills adult thrips
• Can kill up to 80 adult thrips per day (while only feeding on a few)
• Establishes well on pollen-rich crops
• Feeding Ephestia eggs (Bug Food E) will enhance the establishment of Orius due to increased fecundity
• All ve Orius nymph stages are also predatory and adults
Target Pests
Western Flower thrips / Onion thrips / Other thrips / Moth eggs / Two Spotted Spider Mite
Target Crops
Vegetables / Ornamentals / Berries
Target Life Stages
All life stages
Delivery Systems
Bottles
KEY FEATURES
• Amblyseius swirskii breed extremely quickly under warm, humid conditions. They will also survive in cooler night temperatures and through winter months in semi-protected crops
• Actively feeds on thrips larvae (larva stage 1 or L1)
• Actively feeds on white y eggs and can feed on young white y larva (L1)
Target Pests
Western Flower thrips / Chili thrips / Onion thrips / Greenhouse white y / Silverleaf/Potato white y
Target Crops
Vegetables / Ornamentals / Berries / Fruit Trees / Citrus
Target Life Stages
Larvae
Delivery Systems
Sachets, Tubes & Bags
KEY FEATURES
• Maximum sensitivity in thrips monitoring
• Pheromone lure for western ower thrips causes thrips to move to the top of the crop resulting in earlier detection and estimation of population size
• Fits well into a thrips ICM program with other biological control agents and/or chemical spray treatments
Target Pests
Western Flower thrips
Target Crops
Vegetables / Ornamentals / Berries
Target Life Stages
Adult
Delivery Systems
Foil Sachets
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BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
Thrips Control
Frankliniella occidentalis (Western Flower Thrips or Californian Thrips) are small insects that are attracted by ower odours. Once in owers they feed on pollen and developing petals causing blemishes that reduce the value of cut owers.
• Eggs are laid in leaf tissue or developing fruit and can cause small, hard ‘warts’. They also feed on developing fruits and cause damage seen as roughening and hardening of the surface
Amblyline
Amblyseius cucumeris
Amblyline biological control agent contains the predatory mite Amblyseius cucumeris. It is a predator of western ower thrips, ChiIi Thrips and several other thrips species.
Oriline
Orius laevigatus
Contains the predatory bug Orius which provides effective and reliable thrip control in a range of protected crops. Orius serves as a standard preventive treatment for thrips, particularly western ower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis.
Swirskiline
Amblyseius swirskii
Swirskiline biological control agent contains the predatory mite, Amblyseius swirskii. It is primarily used to control white ies and thrips but it will provide some reduction in other small pest species.
Thripline
Frankliniella occidentalls
Thripline is a proprietary product containing the aggregation pheromone of western ower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis. The product is designed to improve the sensitivity of monitoring traps for thrips, particularly at low levels of infestation or in easily damaged crops.
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