Pollinators:
Bumblebees
Bumblebee
box
Danger to crops:
Aphids
(1)
Aphids
(2)
Butterflies/
Moths
Leaf
miners
Mealy
bugs
Nematodes
Sciarid
flies
Soil
infestations
Spider
Thrips
Whiteflies
Planococcus Citri, Pseudococcus Spp.
Photo: Mealy bugs.
Duration of development;
egg-adult, at 22șC ± 45 days.
Damage picture: the
nymphs and the female adults suck up the plant saps, thus
impeding the growth or deforming the leaves. In the
secreted honeydew, secondary fungi may grow.
CROP PROTECTING AGENTS
CRYPTOLAEMUS
montrouzieri beetle
Duration of
development; egg-adult, at 21șC ± 45 days.
The young larvae feed preferably on the eggs of young
mealy bug larvae. The adults devour all mealy bug stages.
Photo: Cryptolaemus
montrouzieri
LEPTOMASTIX epona
parasitic wasp
Duration of
development; egg-adult, at 20șC ± 33 days.
The female wasp lays its eggs in the larvae and in the
adults of the mealy bug. After that, the larva devours
the body substances.
Photo: Leptomastix
epona