Tip Top Bio-Control – General Grower's Supply

Aphid Exterminator "aka" Green Lacewings

 

Scientific Name
Chrysoperia carnea, C. comanche and Chrysoperia rufilabris

Temperature range
60°– 80° Fahrenheit, 20% – 80% relative humidity.

Adult
Green or brown fragile insect with a small head, large eyes and transparent net wings.

Eggs
Small, white or green, on end of a hair-like filament, attached to leaf or stem.

Larva
"Aphid Lion" is alligator shaped, grows 2 to 3 weeks. Consumes 200 – 300 Aphids in its life.

Pupa
In a silk cocoon for 1 week.

Feeds On
Aphids, Mealybugs, Scale, Spider Mites, Thrips, Whiteflies, small Caterpillars, insect eggs, and larvae. Nectar and pollen for the adults, also Beneficial Insect food.

Shipped
A) As eggs in rice hulls, or on cards B) Pre-fed larva in frames (individual compartments) or bottles, C) Adults.

Release Rates
Release immediately. Interiorscape: 1,000 eggs per 500 sq. feet; Gardens: 1,000 eggs per 2,500 sq. feet; Field Crops: 5,000 per acre.

	Item No. WLWE1MRP- Aphid Exterminator Green Lacewing 1,000+ Eggs per container UPC- 657994-10001-0   Item No. WLWE25RP- Aphid Exterminator Green Lacewing 2,500+ Eggs per container UPC- 657994-10002-7   Item No. WLWE5MRP- Aphid Exterminator Green Lacewing 5,000+ Eggs per container UPC- 657994-10003-4
	Item No. WLWA1C- Green Lacewing Adults Packed in breathable Bottle Contains 1,000 Adults
	Item No. WLWL1K- Green Lacewing Larvae Packed in breathable Bottle Contains 1,000 larvae in the first instar