Mealybug destroyer for long-tailed mealybug
The long-tailed mealybug makes no external egg sac and gives birth to live young. Rincon-Vitova says the beetle is less effective on it for exactly that reason, because the females lay their eggs in the cottony egg masses this species lacks. Expect slower control that depends more on the adults you release than on a new generation of larvae, and plan on repeat releases. Keep it warm and keep ants off the plants.
Before you order
Released as adult beetles onto breeding mealybug colonies. Adults and larvae both eat mealybugs, and females lay their eggs among the mealybugs' cottony egg sacs. How it works, how to tell it has established and the supplier list are on the full Cryptolaemus montrouzieri profile.
How many do I need?
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Other controls for long-tailed mealybug
No other reviewed control is listed for this pest yet.