Tip Top Bio-Control – Greenhouse Grower's Supply

Aphidius Colemani and Matricariae - (Parasite)

 

Temperature Range
50°– 80° Fahrenheit, 20% – 80% Relative Humidity

Adult
Small black wasp

Eggs
Approximately 200 – 300 eggs laid in aphid, hatches in 3 to 7 days.

Larva
Turns aphids into a hard brown mummified shell on underside of leaf.

Pupa
Inside aphid the mature parasite chews a hole through the mummified aphid and repeats the cycle. Matures in two weeks.

Feeds on
Many species of small aphids

Shipped
Colemani – in mummified aphids, matricariae as pre-fed adults.

Release Rates
1 per 20 – 100 sq ft. depending on infestation.

Note: They are attracted to yellow sticky cards but not to blue. Work very well in cool greenhouses, with short days. Colemani are used for melon and cotton aphids, matricariae for bean, pea, green peach, potato and greenhouse potato aphids.