Entomopathogenic nematode for pickleworm
UF/IFAS reports that Steinernema carpocapsae effectively suppressed pickleworm injury in squash, because the nematodes survive inside the large blossoms and kill young larvae before they enter the fruit. It is probably ineffective on cucumber and cantaloupe, whose small open flowers expose the nematodes to sunlight. UF/IFAS names no other natural enemy that reliably suppresses damage, and does not usually recommend Bt against this internal feeder.
Before you order
Sprayed or watered onto moist lawn and bed soil against pests that move on the surface: cutworms, armyworms, sod webworms, billbugs and flea larvae outdoors. How it works, how to tell it has established and the supplier list are on the full Steinernema carpocapsae profile.
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Other controls for pickleworm
- Braconid waspsWild parasitoid · wild, attract it
- Ground beetlesWild predator · wild, attract it