Tip Top Bio-Control – Garden Enthusiast Supply

Aphytis Melinus - (Parasite)

 

Temperature range
76°– 85° Fahrenheit, 40% – 50% Relative Humidity.

Adult
A tiny, golden chalcid wasp.

Eggs
Lays up to 25 eggs underneath female Scales.

Larva
Eat inside of Scale , then pupate inside host.

Feeds On
Wasp parasitizes armored scale, (those that do not produce honeydew), such as California Citrus Red Scale, Oleander Scale, Oyster Scale, San Jose Scale, Ivy Scale, and Yellow Scale.

Shipped
As Adults.

Release Rates
5 – 10 per plant or 3 per 1 sq. ft. every 2 – 3 weeks until under control or 5,000 to 10,000 per acre, per year. Works very well in greenhouses and outside. Aphytis will establish a population.