Pirate
Bugs
Our
newest thrips control, pirate bugs (Orius tristicolor)
also eat spider mites and aphids. Only 1/20" long, adults
eat up to 20 thrips larvae a day. Both nymphs and adults use
a "piercing- sucking" beak to pierce a hole and suck
victims dry. Shipped as nymphs near hatching.
These
are too new to have established release rates, but in Europe
they've been effective greenhouse controls when others alone
were not. 500 covers a 1000' greenhouse, they'1l breed from
there. Repeat as needed.
