Neoseiulus californicus for broad mite
OMAFRA names N. californicus, with cucumeris and swirskii, among the predators that can suppress broad mite if they go in early and at high rates, and Biobest lists broad mite as a target. The evidence is thinner than for swirskii: the main study is a 2025 controlled-conditions trial on seven pepper cultivars, where it ate more broad mites on resistant cultivars but bred faster on susceptible ones. Its main prey is spider mites.
Before you order
Slower spider mite predator that survives on pollen and other small prey, so it can go in before mites build up. How it works, how to tell it has established and the supplier list are on the full Neoseiulus californicus profile.
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Other controls for broad mite
- Amblyseius swirskiiPredatory mite · Hot-spot rate, 100–300 /m², concentrated on the shoot tips
- Amblyseius andersoniPredatory mite · 20–100 /m² (Biobest); 50–250 /m² weekly (Koppert)
- Amblyseius cucumerisPredatory mite · 50–100 /m² per release; up to 350 /m² at peak pressure (Cornell)