Eretmocerus-System
The parasitic wasp for whitefly control
What is Eretmocerus-System?- The parasitic wasp Eretmocerus eremicus
- Ectoparasitoid that controls whitefly infestations
- The female adults are citron yellow, have green eyes with three red dots (the so-called ocelli or simple eyes) and have five antenna segments in total
- The males are yellow brown, have three thickened antenna segments and are smaller than the females
- Preference for second and third instar larvae of both tobacco and greenhouse whitefly
- Parasitises around 150 whitefly larvae
- Also effective at high temperatures above 30 °C/ 86 °F
- Less sensitive to pesticides than other parasitic wasps against whitefly
- Vegetable crops such as tomato, sweet pepper and eggplant
- Ornamental crops such as rose, poinsettia and gerbera
Warning
Avoid intensive deleafing of tomato plants as this can prevent the Eretmocerus eremicus population from building up.
Units
Eretmocerus-System-5.000
Packaging: 100 ml plastic bottle
Contents: 5.000 pupae
Carrier: sawdust
Eretmocerus-System (100-5.000)
Packaging: card with hook
Outer coating: box with 10 strips of 5 cards
Contents: 50 x 100 pupae/card
Eretmocerus-System (100-10.000)
Packaging: card with hook
Outer coating: box with 20 strips of 5 cards
Contents: 100 x 100 pupae/card
Relevant crops
- 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
Relevant pests and diseases
Greenhouse whitefly
Tobacco whitefly