Mealybug parasitoid wasp for citrus mealybug
Citrus mealybug is on both Koppert's and Biobest's labels. Start at the first signs of mealybugs, not once colonies are heavy. Each female lays only 25–50 eggs, so the wasp builds slowly, and the first yellow-brown mummies appear after 2–3 weeks. On heavy hot spots, both suppliers pair it with the mealybug destroyer. Control ants first, because ants tending the honeydew stop the wasps from parasitising.
Before you order
Released as mummies, the parasitised mealybugs the adult wasps emerge from. Each female lays one egg inside a mealybug nymph or adult. Used early and at low rates, alongside the mealybug destroyer rather than instead of it. How it works, how to tell it has established and the supplier list are on the full Anagyrus vladimiri profile.
How many do I need?
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Other controls for citrus mealybug
- Cryptolaemus montrouzieriPredatory lady beetle · 5 beetles per infested plant, or 2–10 /m² per release across a bench
- Chrysoperla carneaGreen lacewing larvae · 2–20 /m² per release, weekly
- Citrus mealybug parasitoidParasitoid wasp — rarely sold now · Wild — rarely sold now; conserve the ones present