Pest group
Whiteflies
Tiny white moth-like adults that lift in a cloud when the plant is touched; scales underneath.
Which one do I have?
- Greenhouse whiteflyTrialeurodes vaporariorumThe whitefly of greenhouses, conservatories and houseplants, and of summer vegetable gardens. Tiny white adults lift in a cloud when the plant is touched, while the flat, scale-like nymphs under the leaves suck sap and coat the plant in sticky honeydew and black sooty mould.Tomato · Cucumber · Pepper · Melons · Bedding plants · …
- Silverleaf whiteflyBemisia tabaciBetter known in the US as silverleaf or sweetpotato whitefly. It is the whitefly of hot climates and warm greenhouses. It feeds on more than 500 plant species and spreads tomato yellow leaf curl and other viruses, and its nymphs cause irregular ripening in tomato and silvered leaves in squash.Tomato · Pepper · Cucumber · Squash · Melons · …
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macro · whiteflies, side by side
At a glance
- Species
- 2 profiled
- Controls
- 7 beneficials
- Settings
- Under glass, Garden, Indoors, Field
- Crops
- 13 host crops
Beneficial
What controls whiteflies
Listed by how many of the species above each one is a control for. A generalist at the top is the safe first choice; a specialist lower down is the better one if you know which species you have.
Big-eyed bugs
Geocoris spp. · wild, attract itControls 2 of 2: greenhouse whitefly, silverleaf whiteflyFull profile →Amblyseius swirskii
Swirski miteControls 2 of 2: greenhouse whitefly, silverleaf whiteflyFull profile →Eretmocerus eremicus
Whitefly parasitoid (Eretmocerus)Controls 2 of 2: greenhouse whitefly, silverleaf whiteflyFull profile →Delphastus catalinae
Whitefly ladybirdControls 2 of 2: greenhouse whitefly, silverleaf whiteflyFull profile →Dicyphus hesperus
Dicyphus predatory bugControls 2 of 2: greenhouse whitefly, silverleaf whiteflyFull profile →Whiteflies by crop
Each page is one species on one host: the host-specific control, rate and threshold.
- On tomatoGreenhouse whiteflySilverleaf whitefly
- On houseplantsGreenhouse whitefly
- On hibiscusGreenhouse whitefly
- On cucumberSilverleaf whitefly
- On melonsSilverleaf whitefly