Encarsia-System

Particular and good wasp against whitefly

• Used to control whitefly
• The parasitic wasp Encarsia formosa that parasitizes both the greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum and the tobacco whitefly Bemisia tabaci
• Mainly females 

• Biological control of whitefly larvae through host feeding
• Efficient at lower temperatures
• Develops faster than the whitefly population
• Can distinguish parasitized from non-parasitized aphids
• Easy to monitor as parasitized larvae of the greenhouse whitefly turn black and those of the tobacco whitefly turn brown
• Available as loose pupae and as pupae on cards which make introduction in crop easy 

• The females prefer to puncture the second larval stage and then suck them (host feeding), 30 to maximum 70 larvae
• Female E. formosa lay their eggs in the third and fourth stage of the larvae and parasitize about 250 to maximum 450 larvae
• For a complete development, E. formosa prefers to parasitize the greenhouse whitefly 

• Vegetable crops such as tomato and pepper
• Ornamental crops such as anthurium and rose 

Units

Encarsia-System-10.000

Packaging: 100 ml plastic tube

Contents: 10.000 pupae

Carrier: sawdust

Encarsia-System-(100-5.000)

Packaging: box with 10 sets of 5 cards

Contents: 50 x 100 pupae/card

Carrier: not applicable

Encarsia-System-(100-10.000)

Packaging: box with 10 sets of 5 cards

Contents: 100 x 100 pupae/card

Carrier: not applicable

Relevant crops

• Strawberry
• Medicinal cannabis
• Anthurium
• Tomato and Cherry tomato
• Sweet pepper and Hot pepper
• Roses
• Poinsettia
• Melon and Watermelon
• Green and Runner bean
• Gerbera
• Eggplant (aubergine)
• Cucumber and Gherkin
• Chrysanthemum

Relevant pests and diseases

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