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
Trialeurodes Vaporariorum Whitefly
Bemisia Tabaci
Tobacco Whitefly
Photo: Whiteflies
Duration of development;
egg-adult, at 20șC ± 28 days.
Damage picture; suction damage and secretion of honeydew
in which secondary fungi, like sotimould, may grow. Virus
transmission.
CROP PROTECTING AGENTS
ENCARSIA formosa
parasitic wasp
Duration of
development; egg-adult, at 20șC ± 21 days.
Parasitizes the 2nd, 3rd and 4th larva stage of the
whitefly. The pupas turn black within 10 days after being
parasitized.
Photo: Encarsia
formosa
MACROLOPHUS
caliginosus assassin bug
Duration of
development; egg-adult, at 25șC ± 30 days.
It feeds on different insects such as red spider mites
and aphids in their various stages of development.
Prefers whitefly larvae and eggs.
Photo Macrolophus
caliginosus
ERETMOCERUS
eremicus parasitic wasp
Duration of
development; egg-adult, at 20șC ± 22 days.
The parasitizing behaviour is similar to that of
Encarsia. For an optimal effect, however, the temperature
must be continuously 24șC or higher. The pupas turn
yellow.
Photo: Eretmocerus
eremicus