CATERPILLAR CONTROL EGG CONTROL
Caterpillar Control
Moth Egg Parasites -
DAMAGE Damaged foliage and/or flowers from caterpillar eating. Presence of caterpillar “poop” on leaves. Crops can be quickly damaged to loss if uncontrolled. Borers tunnel to the base of a bud, stunting flower development, while also distorting stems and branches. CONTROL • Biological Controls: Introduce Green Lacewing preventatively to build a colony of predacious larvae, Minute Pirate Bug (O. insidiosus) or Assassin Bugs (Z. renardii). • Insecticides: Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki for larval control. • Trapping adult moths
Trichogramma spp.
Prevent Worm Pest Damage On Crops! TARGET: Egg stages of more than 200 pests, including: borers, webworms, loopers, leafminers, fruitworms, cutworms, bollworms and armyworms (excluding beet armyworm).
Moth Egg Parasites
DESCRIPTION: Trichogramma spp. lay their eggs in the pest eggs, killing them. Adults emerge 2-3 days after release. They live 7-75 days depending on temperature and moisture. Trichogramma are shipped in the parasitized host egg. Each tab has been inoculated with ≈3,300 eggs per tab. SUGGESTED USE (Depending upon level of infestation): Use ≈1 tab/3,000 sq. ft.; 1/2-2 cards/acre weekly for 2-6 weeks. Release at first flight of moths and every 7-10 days thereafter until infestation subsides. Place tabs where moths are seen. Use traps for monitoring and trapping adult moths. Temperature: Minimum 50ºF SKU #
Relative Humidity: Moderate
Amount & Weight
Price
Trichogramma brassicae - European cabbage butterfly, cutworm, corn earworm, European corn borer, cabbage looper, armyworm 1131910
3 Tabs
$15.00
1131903
6 Tabs
$20.00
1131911
1 Card (30 Tabs)
$34.00
Trichogramma minutum - trees, bogs, more common on the East Coast 1129001
3 Tabs
$15.00
1129003
6 Tabs
$20.00
1129010
1 Card (30 Tabs)
$34.00
Trichogramma platneri - orchards, more common West of the Rockies 1130001
3 Tabs
$15.00
1130003
6 Tabs
$20.00
1130030
1 Card (30 Tabs)
$34.00
Trichogramma pretiosum - row crops, vinyards 1131021
3 Tabs
$15.00
1131003
6 Tabs
$20.00
1131022
1 Card (30 Tabs)
$34.00
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